18 February 1945

SUNDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 60+ B-26s bomb the
Dottesfeld rail bridge, a target of opportunity at Daun, and 5 other targets
of opportunity as the 9th Bombardment Division starts a campaign to isolate
the Ruhr; the XIX Tactical Air Command escorts the B-26s and flies weather
reconnaissance and armed reconnaissance; the IX and XXIX Tactical Air
Commands are grounded because of weather.