24 January 1945

WEDNESDAY, 24 JANUARY 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 67 of 70 P-51s based in Belgium
are dispatched in 4 flights to fly sweeps over Wahn Airfield-Dorweiler area
and Karlsruhe-Koblenz area in Germany, claiming 3 fighters downed; 1 P-51 is
lost.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 25 9th Bombardment Division bombers
hit communications centers at Schleiden, Stadtkyll, and Pronsfeld, Germany;
fighters fly armed reconnaissance, sweeps, airfield cover, and bomb 1 bridge;
the XIX Tactical Air Command supports US III, VIII, XII, and XX Corps
elements along the battlefront at several points from SW of Saint-Vith,
Belgium to the Saarlautern, Germany area. The 39th Photographic
Reconnaissance Squadron, Ninth AF, arrives at Valenciennes, France from the
US with F-5s.