The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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26 January 1943

TUESDAY, 26 JANUARY 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
VIII Fighter Command Circus 256: 22 Spitfire Mk Vs of the 4th Fighter
Group escort 12 RAF Venturas on a Circus mission; 1 Spitfire is lost.
A 93d Bombardment Group (Heavy) B-24 attempts a Moling mission.