16 November 1943

TUESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 1943


EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY AIR FORCE: Air Marshal Sir Tafford L Leigh-Mallory,
RAF, is named Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF).
Brigadier General William O Butler, USAAF, is named Deputy Commanding General.

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 131.
Two targets in Norway are hit with the loss of 2 bombers.
1. 130 of 189 B-17's hit the industrial area at Knaben at 1133-1238 hours;
they claim 2-0-4 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is lost and 7 damaged; casualties
are 1 WIA and 10 MIA.
2. 147 of 160 B-17's hit the industrial area at Rjukan at 1143-1145 hours; 1
B-17 is lost and 1 damaged beyond repair; casualties are 2 KIA and 10 MIA.
3. 29 of 39 B-24's hit the industrial area at Rjukan at 1204-1212 hours; no
losses or casualties.