6 January 1944

THURSDAY, 6 JANUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Lieutenant General James H
Doolittle assumes command, replacing Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker who will
go to Italy as Commanding General Mediterranean Allied Air Force (MAAF).
Mission 177: During the evening, 5 B-17's drop 984,000 leaflets on Amiens,
Lille, Valenciennes, Cambrai and Reims, France without loss.