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The Mighty Eighth - Monday, 3 January 1944

 

MONDAY, 3 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

  STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Special Night Operation: 1 B-17 is
dispatched on an Oboe test against Germany but turns back due to an oxygen
failure in the tail gun position.
  HQ 452d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and it's 728th, 729th, 730th and 731st
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) arrives at Deopham Green, England from the US
with B-17's; first mission is 5 Feb.











 

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