31 January 1945WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY 1945
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force):
Mission 813: 291 B-24s, 112 B-17s
and 186 P-51s are recalled from a mission against targets in
Germany because
of expected bad weather at UK bases and heavy clouds; 1 B-17 and
3 B-24s are
damaged beyond repair; 6 airmen are KIA and 8 WIA.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): All operations are
cancelled due to
weather. The 387th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group, moves
from Metz,
France to Juzaine Airfield, Florennes, Belgium with P-47s. In
France, the
512th and 514th Fighter Squadrons, 406th Fighter Group, move
from Mourmelon-
le-Grand to Metz with P-47s (the 514th has been operating from
Prosnes since
22 Jan).
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