Ninth Air Force. Ninth Air Force Headquarters issues letter
ordering small detachment of Headquarters (IX Air Force Engineer
Section) to assume functions of a command under Colonel Karl
B Schilling, thus beginning the creation of IX Engineer Command.
Twelfth Air Force. General Davison takes command of XII Air
Force Engineer Command (Provisional), following the command's
assignment to Twelfth Air Force on
1
November 1943. XII A Support Command and The British Royal
Air Force (RAF) fighters and fighter-bombers hit trucks and
trains in Sora Avezzano area, small vessels off Solta and
Pescara, and airfields of Furbara and Tarquinia.
Fifteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers bomb railroads between
Montalto di Castro and Orbetello, between Orbetello and Talamone,
and between San Vincenzo and Cecina. Bomb carrying P-38 Lightning
fighters, escorted by others, hit tunnel North of Terni and
strafe Montalto di Castro.
Fourteenth Air Force. Chinese-American Composite Wing enters
combat on this date. Its B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit
Amoy and Swatow, successfully bombing and strafing ground
troops, supply facilities, and shipping. The medium bombers
claim 4 cargo ships badly damaged and possibly sunk.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters bomb Palmalmal Plantation. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
on armed reconnaissance claim 1 vessel sunk North of New Britain.
Thirteenth Air Force. 23 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers strike Buka airfield.
M16
Minesweeper
Is severely damaged after being attacked by Allied aircraft.
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November
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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