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FRIDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 654: 5 B-17s and 5
B-24s
drop leaflets on the Netherlands, France and Germany during the
night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 400+ B-26s and
A-20s hit
marshalling yards and rail sidings at Prum, Euskirchen, and Bingen,
dragon's
teeth antitank defenses near Webenheim, and marshalling yards, rail
sidings,
warehouses and barracks at Julich and Bitburg; 1,500+ fighters
escort the
bombers, hit railroads, fly sweeps and armed reconnaissance over
wide areas
of the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, E France, and in W Germany
as far E
as Frankfurt/Main. In France, the 10th, 81st and 313th Fighter
Squadrons,
50th Fighter Group move from Laon to Lyon/Bron with P-47s; the 411th
Fighter
Squadron, 373d Fighter Group, moves from St-James to Reims with
P-47s; the
452d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 322d Bombardment Group (Medium),
moves
from Great Saling, England to Beauvais/Tille with B-26s.
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