The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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26 July 1944
WEDNESDAY, 26 JULY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 496: Of 192 P-47s, 93
attack the St. Just marshalling yards and 40 attack Givet fuel dump in
France; 1 P-47 is lost (pilot is MIA) and 10 damaged.
Mission 497: 7 of 7 B-17s drop leaflets in France during the night.
9 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, weather forces the recall
of several groups of B-26s and A-20s, assigned to support the US First Army,
but about 160 aircraft manage to bomb a fuel dump at Senonches with good
results; fighters escort the bombers, fly cover over the assault area, carry
out close support for ground troops in the Saint-Lo area, and fly armed
reconnaissance in the Poix, Amiens, Chartres, Laval, and Angers areas; and
the detachment of the 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 71st Fighter Wing,
operating from Ford, England with P-61s returns to base at Maupertus.