The Mighty Eighth - Tuesday, 2 May 1944

TUESDAY, 2 MAY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 335: 50 of 50 B-24s bomb
V-weapon sites in the Pas de Calais area of France without loss; escort is
provided by 50 P-47s and 52 P-51s.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 250+ B-26s and A-20s bomb
marshalling yards at Busigny, Valenciennes and Blanc-Misseron, France. 400+
P-47s and P-51s dive-bomb airfields and marshalling yards in France and the
Low Countries.