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TUESDAY, 7 MARCH 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 466th Bombardment Group
(Heavy)
arrives at Attlebridge, England from the US.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 112 B-26s and 18
A-20s
attack V-weapon sites on the Channel coast, military installations
near
Criel-sur-Mer and Greny, and targets of opportunity in the area; bad
weather
causes the recall of 150+ B-26s before they attack targets.
Units arriving in England from the US: HQ 371st Fighter Group and
404th,
405th and 406th Fighter Squadrons at Bisterne with P-47s (first
mission is 12
Apr); HQ 405th Fighter-Bomber Group and 509th Fighter-Bomber
Squadron at
Christchurch with P-47s (first mission is 11 Apr); HQ 409th
Bombardment Group
(Light) and 640th, 641st, 642d and 643d Bombardment Squadrons
(Light) at
Little Walden with A-20s (first mission is 13 Apr); 422d Night
Fighter
Squadron, Ninth Air Force, at Charmy Down with P-61s (first mission
is 3 Jul).
34th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Troop Carrier Group, ceases
operating
from Blida, Algeria with C-47s and returns to base at Spanhoe,
England.
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