This Day in 303rd Bomb Group History: October 24th

glm@303rdbg.com (Gary L. Moncur) — 24 Oct 2026 13:55:38 -0000

October 24, 1943
303rd BG: Ten Group aircraft participated in an air-sea rescue mission. The aircraft were in the air for over six hours, but no survivors were located. Search altitude was between 300 and 800 feet.

October 24, 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS 8th AF: By this date, all Pathfinder aircraft of the 482nd Bombardment Group (Pathfinder), engaged in H2X and other radar training at RAF Alconbury, have been dispersed to bombardment groups within the bombardment division, which set up their own H2X training. In Germany, 415 P-47s and P-51s are dispatched to attack aircraft and ground targets in the Hannover-Kassel area; 73 bomb flak positions at Elburg, a factory near Nienburg, and miscellaneous ground targets; bad weather causes other fighter-bombers to jettison bombs in the English Channel and Zuider Zee; the fighter-bombers strafe transportation and other ground targets with good results.

October 24, 1945
The United Nations was officially organized.