 The Group received another DUC for flying without fighter protection into central Germany to attack vital aircraft factories on 11 January 1944.On several occasions the Group attacked interdictory targets and operated in support of ground forces.It bombed V-weapon sites, airfields, radar stations and other installations before the Normandy invasion in June 1944, bombed defended positions just ahead of the Allied landings on 6 June and struck airfields, rail choke points, and gun emplacements during the campaign that followed.