The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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31 October 1944
TUESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 695: 3 B-17s and 5 B-24s
drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the night.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather forbids bomber operations
and limits fighters; the XII and XIX Tactical Air Commands fly patrols,
sweeps, and armed reconnaissance over E France and W Germany; the XII
Tactical Air Command also supports US Seventh Army elements in the Metz,
France area. In Belgium, the 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 363d
Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Sandwieler, Luxembourg to Le Culot
with F-6 and P-51s.