The Mighty Eighth - Sunday, 12 November 1944

SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command):

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The operational tour of duty for
fighter pilots is set at 270 hours.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents operations by the
9th Bombardment Division; fighter operations are limited but IX and XIX
Tactical Air Command's fly patrols and armed reconnaissance in W Germany and
along the French-German border. In France, the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st
Fighter Group, based at Tavaux Airfield, Dole begins operating from Dijon
with P-47s.