STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 435th Fighter Squadron,
479th
Fighter Group, arrives at Wattisham, England from the US with
P-38Js; first
mission is 26 May.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st
Fighter Group, stops operating from Ibsley, England with P-47s and
returns to
base at Bisterne.