The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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 5 August 1943

THURSDAY, 5 AUGUST 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The 351st Fighter Squadron, 353d
Fighter Group, transfers from Goxhill to Metfield, England with P-47's. The
squadron will fly it's first mission on Monday and remain at this station
until Apr 44.