7 February 1945

WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 822: 295 B-17s and 80 P-51s are recalled when they encounter a
weather front rising to 30,000 feet (9,144 m) over the North Sea; 1 B-17
attacks Essen; no bombers are lost. Escort is provided by 41 of 80 P-51s
without loss. 36 of 36 P-51s patrol the Siegen, Germany area without loss.
Mission 823: 10 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands and Germany during
the night without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 16 B-26s strike the rail siding at
Lipp, Germany; weather cancels other operations. The 39th Photographic
Reconnaissance Squadron, Ninth AF, moves from Valenciennes to Amand, France
with F-5s (first mission is 16 Mar).