12 April 1945THURSDAY, 12 APRIL 1945
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 95 of 99 P-51s escort
Ninth AF
B-26s in an attack on an ordnance depot.
Mission 944: During the night of
12/13 Apr, 9 of 10 B-24s drop leaflets in
the Netherlands and Germany and 6 B-24s fly CARPETBAGGER
missions in Denmark.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 167 A-20s,
A-26s and
B-26s attack the Hof rail bridge, Kempten ordnance depot, and
Goppingen
marshalling yard, plus a town area and a casual target of
opportunity; 275+
planes abort because of weather; fighters escort the bombers,
attack the town
of Kothen, fly armed reconnaissance and sweeps over wide areas
and support
ground forces; fighters also support the US III, XVI, and XVIII
Corps as they
continue to reduce the Ruhr pocket, the 9th Armored Division on
the Saale
River near Werben and Bad Lauchstadt, the XX Corps from the
Saale River N and
S of Jena E across the Weisse Elster River, the VIII Corps along
the Saale
further S of Jena, the XII Corp SE of Coburg on the Hasslach
River, the 2d
Armored Division across the Elbe River near Randau S of
Magdeburg, the 5th
Armored Division on the W bank of the Elbe at Wittenberge, and
the XVI Corps
as it continues fighting in the Duisburg and Dortmund areas.
Unit moves in
Germany: HQ 404th Fighter Group and 506th Fighter Squadron from
Keltz to
Fritzlar with P-47s; the 109th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
67th
Tactical Reconnaissance Group, from Limburg to Eschwege with
F-6s; the 125th
Liaison Squadron, IX Fighter Command (attached to Twelfth Army
Group), from
Haltern to Gutersloh with L-5s; the 386th Fighter Squadron,
365th Fighter
Group, from Aachen to Fritzlar with P-47s; the 425th Night
Fighter Squadron,
XIX Tactical Air Command, from Etain, France to Frankfurt with
P-61s.
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