FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): The Ninth Air Force planning
group
joins the 21 Army Group, AEAF, and the RAF's Second Tactical Air
Force in
preparation of the air section of the initial joint plan (Operation
NEPTUNE)
for Operation OVERLORD (the invasion of Normandy). This begins
planning which
later results in a massive Ninth Air Force plan for moving the Ninth
into
battle on the continent of Europe.
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