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FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 690: 2 B-17s and 7
B-24s
drop leaflets on 38 locations in the Netherlands, France and Germany
during
the night.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Brigadier General William L
Richardson reassumes command of the IX Air Defense Command.
Adverse weather prevents all operations except patrols by XIX
Tactical Air
Command and supply dropping missions (to VI Corps near Saint-Die,
France) by
the XII Tactical Air Command. In Belgium, the 22d Fighter Squadron,
36th
Fighter Group, moves from Juvincourt, France to Le Culot with P-47s;
the
412th Fighter Squadron, 373d Fighter Group, moves from Reims, France
to Le
Culot. In France, the 394th Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group,
moves from
Clastres to Juvincourt with P-38s.
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