25 January 1944

TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 192: During the evening,
5 of 5 B-17's drop 1.2 million leaflets on Caen, Reims, Chartres,
Chateauroux and Brest, France without loss.
Mission 193: In an Oboe Mk II test, the Oboe equipment failed 3 minutes
before the target (Aachen, Germany) and the B-17 dropped on the ETA; the
B-17 was damaged by flak.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Nearly 150 B-26's, airborne to bomb
V-weapon sites in France, are forced to abandon the missions because of heavy
clouds.
HQ 391st Bombardment Group (Medium) arrives at Matching, England from the
US.
HQ 435th Troop Carrier Group and 76th and 78th Troop Carrier Squadrons
transfer from Langer to Welford Park, England with C-47's.