29 September 1942

TUESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 1942

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

Eighth Air Force: US pilots who had been members of the 3 RAF Eagle
Squadrons (Numbers 71, 121 and 133 Squadrons) are taken over by the VIII
Fighter Command and organized into the 4th Fighter Group as the 334th, 335th
and 336th Fighter Squadrons; the group HQ and all squadrons move from Bushey
Hall to Debden, England with Spitfires.