31 January 1944

MONDAY, 31 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 203: 74 of 74 B-24's hit
V-weapon site construction at St. Pol/Siracourt, France; 2 aircraft are
damaged beyond repair; no losses. The B-24's are escorted by 114 P-47's.
Mission 204: 70 of 75 P-47 fighter-bombers, escorted by 47 P-38's and 87
P-47's bomb Gilze-Rijen Airfield, The Netherlands; they claim 13-1-1
Luftwaffe aircraft; 6 P-38's are lost, 1 P-38 is damaged beyond repair and
2 P-47's damaged; casualties are 1 WIA and 6 MIA.
Transfers in England: HQ 357th Fighter Group and 362d Fighter Squadron from
Raydon to Leiston with P-51's (first mission is 11 Feb); HQ 358th Fighter
Group and 367th Fighter Squadron from Leiston to Raydon with P-47's and is
reassigned to the Ninth Air Force on 1 Feb.