24 April 1945

TUESDAY, 24 APRIL 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 967: During the night of
24/24 Apr, 11 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Germany.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS
First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): 417th Night Fighter Squadron,
64th Fighter Wing [attached to First Tactical AF (P)], moves from St Dizier,
France to Giebelstadt, Germany with Beaufighters.
Ninth Air Force: In Germany, the 9th Bombardment Division hits the
airfield at Landau an der Isar and an oil depot at Schrobenhausen; fighters
fly airfield cover, escort the bombers, fly armed reconnaissance, and operate
in conjunction with the XII Corps as it continues SE between the Danube River
and the Czech border, and with the XX Corps as it reaches the Danube SW and E
of Regensburg. Unit moves in Germany: 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), from Erfurt to Furth with F-6s;
125th Liaison Squadron, IX Fighter Command (attached to Twelfth Army Group),
from Gutersloh to Brunswick with L-5s; 153d Liaison Squadron, IX Tactical Air
Command (attached to Twelfth Army Group), from Bad Wildungen to Weimar with
L-5s; 422d Night Fighter Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command, from Strassfeld to
Langensalza with P-61s.