Highlights of Day by Day Air Operations
17 August 1944

Air opposition to XIX TAC fighters was virtually nil, despite clear weather over enemy bases and clouds over ours.

St. Malo's garrison surrendered, yielding a total of 11,600 prisoners from the time the siege began.

The Third Army reported Chateaudun clear of the enemy, and immediate steps were taken to make this good airfield available to our groups, already laboring under heavy handicaps of range. Because of the speed of the American advance, the Germans had not had the opportunity to carry out such extensive demolitions as at other fields.

On this day 331 combat and 56 reconnaissance sorties were flown. Two enemy planes were destroyed in combat, with no losses.