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SATURDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 596: 34 of 36 P-47s
strafe
gun positions and road and rail traffic in the
Bruges-Ghent-Courtrai-Roulers,
Belgium area; 2 P-47s are damaged beyond repair and 7 are damaged.
2 C-47s fly CARPETBAGGER missions to France.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, weather grounds
the
bombers; fighters fly armed reconnaissance and area support to
ground forces
in Belgium and NW, NE, and E France; HQ IX Tactical Air Command,
moving with
HQ US First Army, moves from Haleine to Versailles; the 153d Liaison
Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command, moves from Maillebois to Sy Cyr
with L-5s;
the 428th, 429th and 430th Fighter Squadrons, 474th Fighter Group,
move from
Neuilly to St Marceau with P-38s; and the 508th Fighter Squadron,
404th
Fighter Group, moves from Chapelle to Bretigny with P-47s.
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