29 April 1945

SUNDAY, 29 APRIL 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 971: 8 B-17s drop
leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Germany.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS
First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): HQ 64th Fighter Wing moves from
Edenkoben to Schwabisch-Hall, Germany
Ninth Air Force: Weather cancels operations by the 9th Bombardment
Division. Fighters fly patrols and airfield cover, hit special targets, fly
armed reconnaissance over E Germany and W Czechoslovakia, and cooperate with
the XII Corps moving SE between the Danube River and the Czech border N of
Linz, Austria, and with the XX Corps as some of its units establish
bridgeheads and begin crossing the Isar River in the Plattling-Landau an der
Isar-Landshut-Passau, Germany areas. Unit moves: HQ 48th Fighter Group and
494th Fighter Squadron from Kassel to Illesheim, Germany with P-47s; HQ 387th
Bombardment Group (Medium) from Clastres, France to Beek, the Netherlands.