2 Feburary 1944

WEDNESDAY, 2 FEBRUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO): Marshall Josef V Stalin agrees to
provide 6 bases for US aircraft in the USSR.

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 205: 95 of 110 B-24s
hit V-weapon construction sites at St Pol/Siracourt and Watten, France; 2
B-24s are lost, 1 is damaged beyond repair and 2 damaged; casualties are
10 KIA and 19 MIA. 183 P-47s escort the B-24s without loss.
364th Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, transfers from Raydon to
Leiston, England with P-51s; first mission is 11 Feb.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 36 B-26s attack Triqueville
Airfield, France. Eighth Air Force escorts are 34 P-38s and 44 P-47s. No
losses.
Transfers in England: 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group from
Leiston to Raydon with P-47s; 381st Fighter Squadron, 363d Fighter Group,
from Keevil to Rivenhall with P-51s, first mission is 24 Feb; 668th
Bombardment Squadron (Light), 416th Bombardment Group (Light), from the US
to Wethersfield with A-20s, first mission is 3 Mar.