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303rd Bomb Group (H) History
December 17th    

December 17, 1944
303rd BG: Continued bad weather forced the 303rd BG (H) to stand down.

December 17, 1944
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS 8th AF: Mission 753: 3 B-17s and 7 B-24s are dispatched to drop leaflets on France, the Netherlands and Germany during the night. The 859th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 492nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) is detached to Italy and begins a movement to Brindisi today.

8th AF history extracted from Jack McKillop's USAAF Combat Chronology
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