16 March 1945FRIDAY, 16 MARCH 1945
EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): During the night of
16/17 Mar,
12 B-24s drop leaflets in Germany and the Netherlands and 20 of
22 B-24s
fly CARPETBAGGER missions.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 280+ A-20s,
A-26s and
B-26s hit the Landau barracks area and communications center,
the
Niederscheld town area and rail bridge, 6 other town areas, a
marshalling
yard, rail junction, crossroads, and also drop leaflets;
fighters escort
the bombers, fly patrols, sweeps, armed reconnaissance, and
cover the VIII,
XII, and XX Corps in an assault across the Mosel River from W of
Koblenz and
N of Boppard, at one point, as far E as Bad Kreuznach, and as
far S as
Merzig; HQ 365th Fighter Group moves from Juzaine Airfield,
Florennes,
Belgium to Aachen; the 153d Liaison Squadron, IX Tactical Air
Command
(attached to Twelfth Army Group), moves from Duren to Euskirchen
with L-5s;
and the 392d Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, moves from
St Dizier to
Conflans, France with P-47s.
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