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303rd Bomb Group (H) History
April 2nd
April 2, 1943
303rd BG: A practice mission was cancelled due to bad weather. No ground school classes were held.
April 2, 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS 8th AF: 2 missions are flown. Mission 922: 1. 447 B-17s, 261 B-24s and 572 P-47s and P-51s are dispatched against 6 airfields in Denmark but are recalled because of bad weather in the target area; 1 B-17 and 1 P-47 (pilot MIA) are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged beyond repair. 2. 26 of 27 P-51s fly a scouting mission without loss. 3. 15 P-51s escort 7 F-5s on photo reconnaissance missions over Germany. Mission 923: During the night of 2/3 Apr, 9 of 10 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany without loss and 10 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER missions to Denmark without loss.
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