4 December 1943

SATURDAY, 4 DECEMBER 1943

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): VIII Bomber Command Mission 147: 4
B-17's drop 800,000 leaflets on Rouen, Lille and Paris, France at 0222-0333
hours.
VIII Bomber Command Mission 148: 4 B-17's drop 800,000 leaflets on Le
Mans, Orleans, Tours and Laval, France at 2037-2125 hours.
The 367th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, transfers from Goxhill
to Leiston, England with P-47D's.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): A Ninth Air Force directive
establishes Operation CROSSBOW (operations against German missile launching
sites) for the IX Bomber Command and provides a list of targets to be attacked
immediately.
203 B-26's dispatched to attack the airfields at Chievres, Belgium and
Lille/Vendeville, France must abort mission due to bad weather.
HQ IX Air Support Command is activated at Aldermaston Court, England.