Fifteenth Air Force. Operations are limited to a fighter sweep
of the Orvieto, Viterbo, Italy area by P-47 Thunderbolt fighters
and to photo and weather reconnaissance. Headquarters 301st
Bomber Group (Heavy) transfers from Cerignola to Lucera, Italy.
Transfers in Italy during February 1944 Headquarters 305th
Bomber Wing (Heavy) from Foggia to Spinazzola.
Twelfth Air Force. In Italy, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
bomb the Albano Laziale road junction; P-40 fighters bomb
Cori, while A-36 Apache dive bomber hit Poggio Mieteto and
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters attack the station at San Valentino
fighters cover the Anzio battle area. Detachment of 91st Fighter
Squadron, 81st Fighter Group, operating from Capodichino,
Italy with P-39 fighters, returns to base at Montecorvino
Airfield. During February 1944, Headquarters 81st Fighter
Group and 93d Fighter Squadron transfer from Castelvetrano,
Sicily to Montecorvino Airfield with P-39 fighters. During
February 1944, ground echelon of 417th Night Fighter Squadron,
Twelfth Air
Force (attached to British Royal Air Force (RAF) No. 337 Wing)
transfers from Ghisonaccia to Borgo, Corsica; air echelon
is at La Senia, Algeria with Beaufighters.
R236
R-boat
Launched 1 February 1944
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February
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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