The Mighty Eighth Air Force
 
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8 January 1944

SATURDAY, 8 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 180: During the evening,
5 B-17's drop 2.292 million leaflets on Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium; and
Rennes, Brest and Nantes, France without loss.