Highlights of Day by Day Air Operations
2 August 1944

Another wing, the 100th, and two more groups, the 405th and 363d, were placed under XIX TAC's operational control. They were most welcome additions, because the command was saddled with the twin commitment of covering armored fingers probing toward the Breton capital of Rennes and toward Brest, and of supplying protection to the Avranches bottleneck.

Although the 363d Group was grounded by weather all day, the others could operate after about 1000, flying 23 combat missions consisting of 223 sorties and dropping 35.75 tons of bombs, representing a marked increase over the previous day's activity. There were no claims against enemy aircraft, but two planes were lost to flak.