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FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 9th Bombardment Division
bombers
hit bridges at Saarlouis, France, Roermond and Venlo, the
Netherlands, and
Euskirchen and Mayen, Germany, plus several targets of opportunity.
Escorting
fighters also fly armed reconnaissance over the areas of Metz,
France and
extensively over W Germany, attacking railroads and other targets,
and
support the US First, Third, and Seventh Armies. In France, HQ 323d
Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 453d, 454th, 455th and 456th
Bombardment
Squadrons (Medium) move from Chartres to Laon/Athies with B-26s; the
425th
Night Fighter Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command, moves from
Coulommiers to
Prosnes with P-61s.
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