The Mighty Eighth Monday, 14 February 1944

MONDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO): General Dwight D Eisenhower establishes
HQ Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF). Chief of Staff,
Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC) comes under control of SHAEF.

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 222: 48 P-47s are
dispatched to Eindhoven Airfield in the Netherlands; the primary target is
overcast and 46 of 48 hit Gilze-Rijen Airfield without loss.
22d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Photographic Group
(Reconnaissance) based at Mount Farm, England, sends a detachment to operate
from Attlebridge, England with F-5s.