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SUNDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 450+ A-20s, A-26s, and B-26s
bomb
storage depots, bridge, junction, ordnance depots, and defended
positions in
or near 10 German towns and cities; fighters escort the bombers,
carry out
patrols, and fly armed reconnaissance hitting rail facilities and
other
targets over W German areas including Euskirchen, Trier,
Saarbrucken, Julich,
and Cologne; the IX, XIX, and XXIX Tactical Air Commands support the
US VII,
XII, XIX, and XX Corps areas E of Aachen and near Hurtgen, Germany,
between
Metz, France and Saarlautern, Germany and near Sarreguemines,
France. In
Belgium, HQ 366th Fighter Group moves from Couvron Airfield at Laon,
France
to Assche.
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