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TUESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 695: 3 B-17s and 5
B-24s
drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the
night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather forbids bomber
operations
and limits fighters; the XII and XIX Tactical Air Commands fly
patrols,
sweeps, and armed reconnaissance over E France and W Germany; the
XII
Tactical Air Command also supports US Seventh Army elements in the
Metz,
France area. In Belgium, the 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
363d
Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Sandwieler, Luxembourg to
Le Culot
with F-6 and P-51s.
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