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FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ Eighth Air Force issues
orders
to establish a photographic reconnaissance wing [8th Reconnaissance
Wing
(Provisional)] in Cheddington. The purpose is to make the Eighth
independent
in aerial reconnaissance and to consolidate the efforts of units
presently
engaged in this and related activities. Colonel Elliott Roosevelt,
the
President's son and currently Director of Reconnaissance for the
Ninth Air
Force, is named Commanding Officer.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ 61st Troop Carrier Group
arrives
at Barkston, England from Sicily.
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