The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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1 December 1944
FRIDAY, 1 DECEMBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 733: 7 B-17s and 7 B-24s
drop leaflet in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the night.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 134 B-26s and A-20s
strike defended areas at Fraulautern, Ensdorf, and Saarlautern; fighters fly
sweeps, armed reconnaissance, and bombing missions over W Germany and support
US VII Corps elements at Inden and the Hurtgen Forest and the 8th Infantry
Division of the V Corps at Tiefenbach Creek and Brandenberger Forest. In
France, HQ 354th Fighter Group and the 355th Fighter Squadron move from
Orconte to Meurthe-et-Moselle and Rosieres-en-Haye respectively with P-47s
(the 355th is operating from St Dizier); the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance
Squadron, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), moves from St Dizier to
Giraumont with F-6s; the 72d Liaison Squadron, Ninth AF, moves from Epinal to
Buhl with L-5s.