10 December 1943

FRIDAY, 10 DECEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 150:
1 B-17 is dispatched on an OBOE test flight but turns back due to an oxygen
leak; two 2,000 pound (907 kg) bombs and a Photoflash are jettisoned off
the French coast. In the second part of this mission, 6 of 6 B-17's drop
1.2 million leaflets on Rouen, Paris, Caen and Amiens, France and Ghent,
Belgium at 2026-2102 hours. No losses.
HQ 2d Bombardment Division transfers from Horsham St Faith to Ketteringham
Hall, England.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 20 German aircraft attack 4 Ninth
Air Force airfields in the UK (Gosfield, Andrews Field, Earls Colne, and
Great Dunmow), killing 8 and wounding 20+ men.
HQ 434th Troop Carrier Group and it's 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th transfer from
Fulbeck to Welford Park, England with C-47's.