The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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4 April 1944

TUESDAY, 4 APRIL 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Units arriving in England from the
US: HQ 339th Fighter Group at Fowlmere; and 836th, 837th, 838th and 839th
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 487th Bombardment Group, at Lavenham with
B-24s (first mission is 7 May).

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Units arriving in England from the
US: HQ 373d Fighter Group and 410th Fighter Squadron at Woodchurch with P-47s
(first mission is 8 May); HQ 404th Fighter-Bomber Group at Winkton; HQ 406th
Fighter-Bomber Group at Ashford; HQ 410th Bombardment Group (Light) and
644th, 645th, 646th and 647th Bombardment Squadrons (Light) at Birch with
A-20s (first mission is 4 May); and 393d and 394th Fighter Squadrons, 367th
Fighter Group, at Stony Cross with P-38s (first mission is 9 May).