Today in World War II History—December 9, 1942

Thurleigh Army Air Field becomes first RAF field to be turned over for US Army Air Forces use on Dec. 9, 1942; the US 306th Bombardment Group flew B-17s from Thurleigh (US Army Air Force photo)
80 Years Ago—Dec. 9, 1942: US Marines under Lt. Gen. Alexander Vandegrift turn over operations on Guadalcanal to US Army under Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch.
Thurleigh Airfield, home of the US 306th Bombardment Group, becomes the first British base officially turned over to the US Army Air Forces.
Popular Danish professor and surgeon Dr. Ole Chievitz and eight others working with resistance paper Frit Danmark are arrested; Chievitz’s arrest builds interest in resistance in Denmark.