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9th Air Force Europe in January 1944
TUESDAY, 4 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
XIX Air Support Command is activated at Middle Wallop England with Major General Elwood R Quesada in command; XIX will support Patton's Third Army in Europe.
258 B-26's bomb NOBALL targets (V-weapons sites) in France. Weather makes bombing difficult, and results range from unknown to good.
THURSDAY, 6 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 436th Troop Carrier Group and 79th, 80th, 81st and 82d Troop Carrier Squadrons arrive at Bottesford, England from the US with C-47's.
FRIDAY, 7 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
35 B-26's bomb the Cherbourg/Maupertus Airfield. Bad weather restricts further operations.
MONDAY, 10 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 366th Fighter Group and 390th Fighter Squadron arrives at Membury, England from the US with P-47's; first mission is 14 Mar.
71st, 72d, 73d and 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 434th Troop Carrier Group, transfer from Welford Park to Fulbeck, England with C-47's.
WEDNESDAY, 12 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
389th Fighter Squadron, 366th Fighter Group, arrives at Membury, England from the US with P-47's; first mission is 14 Mar.
THURSDAY, 13 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
193 B-26's bomb NOBALL (V-weapon) targets in France. Fighter pilots report being tracked by AA rockets.
Transfers in England: HQ 100th Fighter Wing from Greenham Common to Ibsley and HQ 368th Fighter Group and 395th, 396th and 397th Fighter Squadrons to Greenham Common from the US with P-47's; first mission is 14 Mar.
FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 71st Fighter Wing transfers from Aldermaston to Greenham Common, England.
SUNDAY, 16 JANUARY 1944
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO):
General Dwight D Eisenhower assumes duties of Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF).
THURSDAY, 20 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 437th Troop Carrier Group and 83d, 84th, 85th Troop Carrier Squadrons arrive at Balderton, England from the US with C-47's.
FRIDAY, 21 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
119 B-26's bomb V-weapon sites in France.
SATURDAY, 22 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ 363d Fighter Group and 382d Fighter Squadron transfer from Keevil to Rivenhall, England with P-51's; first mission is 24 Feb.
SUNDAY, 23 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Nearly 200 B-26's bomb V-weapon sites in the French coastal area.
75th and 77th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 435th Troop Carrier Group, transfer from Langer to Welford Park, England with C-47's.
MONDAY, 24 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
175+ B-26's attack V-weapon sites in the coastal area of France.
TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Nearly 150 B-26's, airborne to bomb V-weapon sites in France, are forced to abandon the missions because of heavy clouds.
HQ 391st Bombardment Group (Medium) arrives at Matching, England from the US.
HQ 435th Troop Carrier Group and 76th and 78th Troop Carrier Squadrons transfer from Langer to Welford Park, England with C-47's.
WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
144 B-26's scheduled to bomb V-weapon sites in France are recalled because of bad weather.
573d, 574th and 575th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), arrives at Matching, England from the US with B-26's; first mission is 15 Feb.
THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
572d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), arrives at Matching, England from the US with B-26's; first mission is 15 Feb.
SATURDAY, 29 JANUARY 1944
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
80+ B-26's bomb V-weapon sites in coastal France.
HQ 84th Fighter Wing arrives at Keevil, England from the US.
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
