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The Mighty Eighth - Friday, 1 June 1945 |
FRIDAY, 1 JUNE 1945 EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): During Jun, the following C-47s units begin a movement from France to the US: 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 434th Troop Carrier Group from Mourmelon-le-Grand; 76th, 77th and 78th Troop Carrier Squadrons from Bretigny. STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The Operational Analysis Section ceases to function as a unit after a successful career of statistical research which assisted materially in improving the effectiveness of US strategic bombing. Unit moves in England: HQ 96th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) from Horsham St Faith to Ketteringham; HQ 457th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 748th, 749th, 750th and 751st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Glatton to the US with B-17s. During Jun, the 812th, 813th and 814th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 482d Bombardment Group (Heavy), begin a movement from Alconbury, England to the US with B-17s and B-24s. TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): The 575th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Assche, Belgium to Vitry-en-Artois, France with B-26s. Unit moves during Jun, HQ 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) and 452d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) from Le Culot, Belgium to Fritzlar and Wickenrode, Germany respectively with B-26s; 72d Liaison Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command (attached to Twelfth Army Group), from Augsburg to Darmstadt, Germany with L-5s. |