This Day in . . .
303rd Bomb Group (H) History
July 3rd
July 3, 1943
303rd BG: Weather was excellent and some local transition flights were held. Lectures on aircraft recognition were conducted by Capt. Gabbert and Lt McQuaid.
July 3, 1943
8th AF: Lieutenant General Jacob L Devers, Commanding General European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA), in a report to General Henry H "Hap" Arnold, praises the proficiency of the VIII Bomber Command bombardiers but stresses a dire need for high-altitude gunnery training.
July 3, 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS 8th AF: 55 B-17s in Italy on the USSR shuttle mission join Fifteenth AF bombers in bombing marshalling yards at Arad, Rumania; 38 P-51s of the VIII Fighter Command, also on the shuttle run, fly escort on the mission.
8th AF history extracted from Jack McKillop's USAAF Combat Chronology
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