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TUESDAY, 18 MAY 1943
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force)
The Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) plan for the round-the-clock
bombing
of the enemy from the UK by the RAF and Eighth Air Force is approve
by the
Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS). The Eighth Air Force now has
authorization
to proceed with daylight strategic bombing within the type of
combined
offensive it has long wished to initiate. The CBO plan lists the
destruction of German fighters as the immediate priority objective.
Primary objectives in order are German submarine yards and bases,
the
German aircraft industry, ball bearings, and oil (the last being
contingent upon attacks from the Mediterranean against Ploesti,
Rumania).
Secondary objectives in order of priority are synthetic rubber and
tires,
and military motor transport vehicles.
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