The Mighty Eighth Air Force
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19 November 1944
SUNDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 450+ A-20s, A-26s, and B-26s bomb
storage depots, bridge, junction, ordnance depots, and defended positions in
or near 10 German towns and cities; fighters escort the bombers, carry out
patrols, and fly armed reconnaissance hitting rail facilities and other
targets over W German areas including Euskirchen, Trier, Saarbrucken, Julich,
and Cologne; the IX, XIX, and XXIX Tactical Air Commands support the US VII,
XII, XIX, and XX Corps areas E of Aachen and near Hurtgen, Germany, between
Metz, France and Saarlautern, Germany and near Sarreguemines, France. In
Belgium, HQ 366th Fighter Group moves from Couvron Airfield at Laon, France
to Assche.