4 August 1943

WEDNESDAY, 4 AUGUST 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Air Support Command Mission
14: 36 B-26's are dispatched to shipyards at Le Trait, France; 33 hit the
target at 1926 hours without loss or casualties.
The 416th Night Fighter Squadron, VIII Fighter Command, begins moving
from Acklington, England to Algiers, Algeria with Beaufighters.