The Mighty Eighth - Thursday, 1 June 1944

THURSDAY, 1 JUNE 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, around 100 B-26s bomb
airfields and coastal defense batteries from the Belgian border to the
Cherbourg Peninsula.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): The last of the 11 bombardment
groups (8 medium and 3 light) of the IX Bomber Command becomes operational.
450 B-26s and A-20s attack numerous marshalling yards and industrial
targets in France and Belgium.
406th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, ceases operating from Ibsley,
England and returns to base at Bisterne with P-47s.