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FRIDAY, 9 JUNE 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Bad weather prevents bomber
operations; P-38s attempt to cover shipping in the English Channel;
7th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) dispatches 5 aircraft but they
all turn
back due to weather; and 2 B-17s fly weather flights over the UK and
the
Atlantic Ocean.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ 70th Fighter Wing moves
from
Ibsley, England to Criqueville, France; and 112th Liaison Squadron,
Ninth Air
Force (attached principally to Headquarters Command, ETO) arrives at
Kingston
Deverill, England from the US with L-5s.
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