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MONDAY, 29 JUNE 1942
(8th Air Force): Captain Charles C
Kegelman [Commanding Officer, 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light)],
flying on a
mission with 12 RAF Bostons against Hazebrouck marshalling yard,
France,
becomes the first member of the 8th Air Force drop bombs on
enemy-occupied
Europe. The first pilot fatality of the 8th Air Force in the ETO is
suffered
when First Lieutenant Alfred W Giacomini of the 31st Fighter Group
crashes a
Spitfire while landing at Atcham, England.
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