10 November 1943

WEDNESDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 126: 5
B-17's drop 1 million leaflets over Paris, Rennes, Le Mans and Rouen, France
at 2020-2051 hours.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Around 60 B-26's bomb Chievres
airfield, Belgium. In France, bad weather causes the force sent to bomb
Lille/Vendeville airfield to abandon their mission, though a few bombers
manage to bomb other targets in the area; a force of 72 B-26's dispatched to
attack Montdidier airfield suffers numerous aborts due to weather; 6 bombers
manage to bomb the airfield believed to be the secondary target of
Amiens/Glisy.