The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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13 October 1944
FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 9th Bombardment Division bombers
hit bridges at Saarlouis, France, Roermond and Venlo, the Netherlands, and
Euskirchen and Mayen, Germany, plus several targets of opportunity. Escorting
fighters also fly armed reconnaissance over the areas of Metz, France and
extensively over W Germany, attacking railroads and other targets, and
support the US First, Third, and Seventh Armies. In France, HQ 323d
Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 453d, 454th, 455th and 456th Bombardment
Squadrons (Medium) move from Chartres to Laon/Athies with B-26s; the 425th
Night Fighter Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command, moves from Coulommiers to
Prosnes with P-61s.