The Mighty Eighth - Tuesday, 7 November 1944

TUESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): No bomber operations because of
unfavorable weather; fighters fly patrols and armed reconnaissance, attacking
railroads, gun positions and other targets; the IX Tactical Air Command
supports the US V Corps as fierce counterattacks force the US 28th Infantry
Division to retreat from the village of Kommerscheidt, Germany; the V Corps
decides to withdraw the Kall River bridgehead.