The Mighty Eighth - Saturday, 19 August 1944

SATURDAY, 19 AUGUST 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): The 50th and 53d Troop Carrier
Wings, on loan to the Mediterranean Allied Air Force (MAAF) to participate in
the invasion of S France, are ordered to return to UK.
No IX Bomber Command operations. In France, fighters cover ground forces in
the battle areas and fly armed reconnaissance along the Seine River and
surrounding areas and in wide areas around Paris, Orleans, and Tours; and HQ
373d Fighter Group moves from Tour-en-Bassin to St-James.