FRIDAY, 15 OCTOBER 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS: HQ U.S. Army Air Forces in United
Kingdom
(USAAFUK) is activated to exercise supervision over and provide
coordination
between the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in the UK. Lieutenant
General Ira C
Eaker is appointed Commanding General in addition to his duties as
Commanding
General Eighth Air Force.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The 55th Fighter Group
(38th,
338th and 343d Fighter Squadrons), a much needed P-38 group group,
becomes
operational in the UK.
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