Ninth Air Force. IX Fighter Command is assigned its first
tactical fighters unit, the 354th Fighter Group (P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers).
Twelfth Air Force. Weather cancels all XII A Support Command
missions except fighters patrols. Northwest African Tactical
Bomber Force (NATBF) bombers and Desert Air Force (DAF) fighters
fly only 6 missions, hitting gun positions along battle line,
vehicles West of Sangro river, and trains at Civitanova and
Pescara.
Fifteenth Air Force. 81 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers bomb Turin ball bearing
works, marshalling yard, and nearby motor and aircraft engine
works. P-38 Lightning fighters provide escort as far North
as Imperia.
Tenth Air Force. 5 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers lay mines in Rangoon River during
8-
9 November
1943.
Fourteenth Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Kiungshan airfield, scoring
direct hits on 2 hangars. 6 P-40 fighters attack Hsiangvangchiao
bridge, causing little damage.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers on armed reconnaissance bomb Garove
Island and hit Kaimana.
Thirteenth Air Force. 22 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Bonis airfield. 6 B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers hit targets at mouth of Laruma River and North
West of Torokina Island while 6 others bomb Kieta.
Go To: 9th
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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