The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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 11 January 1945

THURSDAY, 11 JANUARY 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 790: 2 B-17s and 4 of 6
B-24s drop leaflets in Belgium during the night.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): About 120 A-20s, A-26s, and B-26s
attack communications centers and rail bridges in Belgium and Germany;
fighters escort the bombers, hit an ammunition dump at Mayen, Germany, and
patrol areas around Malmedy, Belgium and NE of Trier, Germany.