27 September 1942

SUNDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 1942

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

Twelfth Air Force: Following a series of command changes between 16 and 27
Sep, Brigadier General Thomas W Blackburn becomes Commanding General XII
Fighter Command. The War Department assigns to the XII Air Support Command
the units which are to constitute its force for the invasion of N Africa: the
5th Bombardment Wing [47th Bombardment Group (Light) and 68th Observation
Group], the 7th Fighter Wing (33d and 81st Fighter Groups), and 10 signal,
service, and engineer units of various sizes.