18 November 1943

THURSDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 132.
82 of 102 B-24's hit the Oslo/Kjeller Airfield in Norway; they claim 10-7-5
Luftwaffe aircraft; 9 B-24's are lost, 3 are damaged beyond repair and 10
damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 9 WIA and 91 MIA.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 133: 5 B-17's drop 980,000 leaflets over
Paris, Orleans, Chartres, Rennes and Le Mans, France between 2015 and 2041
hours; no losses or casualties.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Aircraft of the IX Troop Carrier
Command carry paratroops of the US 1O1st Airborne Division in a rehearsal of
cross-channel operations. This is the first of an extended series of training
exercises to be conducted prior to the Normandy invasion.
HQ 50th Troop Carrier Wing transfers from Cottesmore to Bottesford, England.