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The Mighty Eighth - Saturday, 2 January 1943

 

SATURDAY, 2 JANUARY 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
Four radar-equipped B-24s of the 329th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 93d
Bombardment Group (Heavy) fly a "moling" or intruder, mission aimed at
harassing the enemy in weather unsuitable for large missions by alerting
air-raid crews in the area north of the Ruhr. The 329th has been in
training for these operations since 14 Dec. This mission and two subsequent
missions in Janauary are foiled by clear weather over the target area.
Twenty Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter Group are dispatched on fighter
patrols.
HQ 2d Antisubmarine Squadron (Heavy) with B-24s is established at St.
Eval, England upon arrival from the U.S.


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