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15 December 1944

What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.

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  2. Leyte

    U.S. Sixth Army: In X Corps area, 1st Sq ( - ) of 12th Cav Regt starts W toward Highway 2, reaching previously selected drop area, a banana plantation about 1,800 yards E of Lonoy; rest of regt joins 1st Sq there by 17 December.

    Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)

  5. Bandleader and US Army Major Glenn Miller went missing as his single-engine transport was crossing the English Channel; he was headed to Paris to work out arrangements to entertain troops in France.

    Source Wikipedia (opens external site)

  6. A single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.

    Source Wikipedia (opens external site)

  8. China-Burma-India Theater

    THOR mission records show at least 105 Allied sorties (16 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-12-15, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included BURMA, CHINA.

    Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

    THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.

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