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SUNDAY, 1 OCTOBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 50th
Troop
Carrier Wing moves from Exeter, England to Le Mans; the 99th and
301st Troop
Carrier Squadrons, 441st Troop Carrier Group, move from Villeneuve/Vertus
to
St Marceau with C-47s.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 657: 9 of 10 B-17s
drop
leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Belgium during the night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, HQ XXIX Tactical
Air
Command (Provisional) locates advance HQ at Arlon; weather prevents
bomber
operations; a few fighters fly armed reconnaissance over E France
and wide
areas of W Germany and patrol the battle areas; night patrols are
flown over
E France and Luxembourg; HQ 36th Fighter Group moves from Athis to
Juvincourt; HQ 371st Fighter Group and the 406th Fighter Squadron
move from
Perthes to Dole/Tavaux with P-47s; the 553d Bombardment Squadron
(Medium),
386th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Great Dunmow, England
to
Beaumont-sur-Oise with B-26s; the 573d, 574th and 575th Bombardment
Squadrons
(Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Matching,
England to
Roye/Amy with B-26s. In Belgium, HQ 84th Fighter Wing moves from
Vermand,
France to Arlon; HQ 404th Fighter Group and the 506th, 507th and
508th
Fighter Squadrons move from Juvincourt, France to St-Trond with
P-47s; HQ
474th Fighter Group moves from Peronne, France to Florennes; the
125th
Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force (attached to Ninth Army), moves
from
Rennes, France to Arlon with L-5s. In Luxembourg, HQ 363d Tactical
Reconnaissance Group moves from Le Mans, France to Luxembourg City.
In Belgium, during Oct 44, HQ IX Fighter Command moves from
Charleroi to
Verviers.
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