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303rd Bomb Group (H) History
December 3, 1942
303rd BG: A mission to the Lille, France airfield was cancelled shortly before take-off.
December 3, 1943
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS 8th AF: A note from Air Chief Marshall Sir Charles F Portal, RAF, to the CCS states that OPERATION POINTBLANK, the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) of the USAAF and RAF against the Luftwaffe and the German aircraft industry, is 3 months behind in relationship to the tentative date for OPERATION OVERLORD, the overall plan for the invasion of W Europe, which had been set for 1 May 44. This brings more pressure on the 8th AF to destroy industrial plants of importance to aircraft production. The 365th and 366th Fighter Squadrons, 358th Fighter Group, transfer from Goxhill, England to Leiston, England with P-47D's. They will fly their first mission on 20 Dec.
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