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SUNDAY, 30 APRIL 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
464th Bombardment Group (Heavy) with B-24s becomes the 19th operational bomb
group.
Around 500 bombers, with fighter escort, attack targets in Italy; B-17s hit
industrial areas at Milan and Varese and the Reggio Emilia air depot; the B-24s
bomb marshalling yards at Alessandria and Milan.
HQ 485th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 828th, 829th, 830th and 831st
Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) arrive at Venosa, Italy from the US with B-24s;
first mission is 10 May.
FRIDAY, 28 APRIL 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
Clearing weather again permits bomber operations; 450+ B-17s and B-24s
attack targets in Italy; 188 B-17s bomb Piombino Steel Works and port; 168
B-24s bomb the port area at San Stefano al Mare; and 108 B-24s bomb the port
area at Orbetello; P-38s, P-51s and P-47s provide escort.
32d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 90th Photographic Wing
(Reconnaissance), arrives at San Severo, Italy from the US with F-5s; first
mission is 18 May.
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