The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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6 April 1944
THURSDAY, 6 APRIL 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 290: 12 of 12 B-24s hit
V-weapon sites at Watten, France without loss. Escort is provided by 27 P-47s
without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Units arriving in England from the
US with P-47s: 23d Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, at Kingsnorth (first
mission is 8 May); and 512th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 406th Fighter-Bomber
Group, at Ashford (first mission is 9 May).
May).