15 Feburary 1944

TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 223: 52 of 54 B-24s hit
V-weapon sites at St Pol/Siracourt, France; 29 B-24s are damaged; no losses
or casualties.
Mission 224: 95 P-47s are dispatched to bomb 2 airfields in France but are
recalled; 1 P-47 is damaged; no casualties
Mission 225: 6 of 6 B-17s drop 300 bundles of leaflets on Orleans,
Chartres, Cambrai, Le Mans, Lille and Reims, France at 2124-2155 hours
without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 194 B-26s bomb V-weapon sites,
Cherbourg/Maupertus Airfield and targets of opportunity during a morning
mission. 122 B-26s again bomb V-weapon construction sites in the coastal area
of N France during the afternoon.
HQ IX Air Support Command moves from Middle Wallop to Uxbridge, England.
HQ 316th Troop Carrier Group arrives at Cottesmore, England from Sicily.