17 Feburary 1944

THURSDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 1944

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Advanced HQ, Ninth Air Force, is
opened at Hillingdon House, Uxbridge. It is later joined in the area by
advanced units of the IX Fighter Command and by troop carrier units, all of
which form a nucleus of advanced echelons so as to centralize tactical
operations in anticipation of combat on the Continent.
Arrivals in England from Sicily: HQ 52d Troop Carrier Wing at Cottesmore;
15th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, at Bardston with
C-47s.