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9th Air Force Europe in October 1943
FRIDAY, 1 OCTOBER 1943
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (Ninth Air Force):
In the first half of October, HQ Ninth Air Force and HQ IX Bomber Command begin a movement to England from Egypt and Libya.
THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 434th Troop Carrier Group and it's 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons arrive at Fulbeck, England from the US with C-47's.
FRIDAY, 15 OCTOBER 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS:
HQ U.S. Army Air Forces in United Kingdom (USAAFUK) is activated to exercise supervision over and provide coordination between the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces in the UK. Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker is appointed Commanding General in addition to his duties as Commanding General Eighth Air Force.
SATURDAY, 16 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
In the United Kingdom, HQ Ninth Air Force is established at Sunninghill as a tactical Air Force with Lieutenant General Lewis H Brereton as Commanding General. The 3d Bombardment Wing at Marks Hall is transferred from the VIII Air Support Command, Eighth Air Force to the IX Bomber Command commanded by Major General Frederick L Anderson.
(HQ IX Bomber Command will not be established in England until Nov 43.) The four B-26 groups transferred are:
322d Bombardment Group (Medium) [449th, 450th, 451st and 452d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)]
323d Bombardment Group (Medium) [453d, 454th, 455th and 456th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)]
387th Bombardment Group (Medium) [556th, 557th, 558th and 559th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)]
388th Bombardment Group (Medium) [560th, 561st, 562d and 563d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium)]
The IX Troop Carrier Command is activated at Cottesmore with Brigadier General Benjamin F Giles as Commanding General; the 315th Troop Carrier Group (34th and 43d Troop Carrier Squadrons with C-47's) is transferred from from the Eighth Air Force; and the 434th Troop Carrier Group and it's 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons that arrived on 9 Oct are also assigned. The IX Air Service Command is re-formed under Major General Henry J Miller.
SUNDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 50th Troop Carrier Wing arrives at Cottesmore, England from the US.
MONDAY, 18 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
228 B-26's dispatched to bomb 4 airfields in France are recalled before attacking because of unfavorable weather. Major General Elwood R "Pete" Quesada becomes Commanding General of the IX Fighter Command.
THURSDAY, 21 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Bad weather causes 72 B-26's sent to bomb Evreux/Fauville Airfield in France to abort the mission.
FRIDAY, 22 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
About 60 B-26's bomb Evreux/Fauville Airfield in France; 140+ others abort missions against other airfields because of bad weather.
SUNDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
200 B-26's bomb airfields at Montdidier, Beauvais/Nivillers, and Saint-Andre-de-L'Eure, France.
SATURDAY, 30 OCTOBER 1943
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
5 B-26's bomb Cherbourg/Maupertus Airfield in France.
Source:
COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
Jack McKillop
USAF (Airways and Air Communications Service)
1955-59
used sources by McKillop:
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History,
Headquarters USAF, 1961, ISBN 0-912799-02-1
COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force
History, Headquarters USAF 1982
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by the
Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1973
