The Mighty Eighth -Thursday, 21 December 1944

THURSDAY, 21 DECEMBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS

First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): In France, the 405th Fighter
Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, moves from Tavaux Airfield in Dole to
Tantonville with P-47s (the air echelon is operating from Dijon).

Ninth Air Force: Operational control of the IX and XXIX Tactical Air
Commands is transferred from the Ninth AF to the RAF Second Tactical AF to
operate against the N line of the Bulge. The XIX Tactical Air Command flies
armed weather and intruder reconnaissance in the Saarbrucken-Trier, Germany
area. Weather grounds all operations.