Eighth Air Force. Headquarters VIII Air Force Services Command
(Advance) is established in Brussels, along with a Far Shore
staff division. Through this Headquarters, the Commanding
General Air Force Services Command can administer his command
and closely communicate with other commands operating on the
Continent. This arrangement functions until
29
April 1945 when it is relieved by 5th Strategic Air Depot
at Merville. About 950 heavy bombers attack 5 marshalling
yards, 6 bridges, B command centres, a rail junction, 2 tank
concentrations, and several targets in battle area of West
Germany. 10 fighters groups escort heavy bombers while 2 others
support medium bombers of Ninth Air Force. 3 groups fly sweeps
in which 1 group strafes transportation targets near Frankfurt
Main and Giessen.
Ninth Air Force. 135 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
A-20 Havoc light bombers, A-26 Invader light bombers, and
B-26 Marauder medium bombers hit rail bridges and command
centres in Belgium and Germany. Fighters escort 9th Bomber
Division, fly patrols, sweeps, and armed reconnaissance and
support United States III and VIII Corps in Bastogne area
and XII Corps South of Clerf River and West of the Sauer River.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) fighter-bombers
concentrate effort in West Po Valley and Brenner area, claiming
large number of rail lines cut and many vehicles and trains
destroyed and damaged. Milan marshalling yard is hit hard
and good coverage is achieved on support targets in United
States Fifth Army battle area. Light bombers during
1-2
January 1945 continue intruder missions over Po Valley.
Fifteenth Air Force. Again bad weather restricts operations
to reconnaissance flights.
Tenth Air Force. Troop concentrations and supplies are attacked
at Mabein, Panghka, Mansut, Letpangon, Loimun, Panghkai, Namhsan,
Thabeikkyin, and in Lashio area by 66 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters
and 13 P-38 Lightning fighters. 546 transport sorties are
flown to forward bases and front line areas.
Fourteenth Air Force. 6 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Kentung. 30 P-40 fighters
and P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers on armed reconnaissance attack
targets, mainly railroad traffic, at or near Lohochai, Pengpu,
Man Pong, Wanling, Wan Pa-Hsa, and Sinyang.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-38 Lightning fighters and A-20 Havoc light bombers hit shipping
in San Fernando harbour. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers pound
Clark Field and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit Batangas.
Airfields in Central Phil area are bombed by B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers, and fighter-bombers
while B-24 Liberator heavy bombers strike Likanan, Menado,
and Wasile Bay area. Other Far East Air Force (FEAF) aircraft
make armed reconnaissance and harassing strikes on targets
throughout Central Phil area and Netherlands East Indies (NEI).
Twentieth Air Force. 44 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's, operating from Calcutta
area, attack railroad bridge at Bangkok. 2 others hit alternate
and target.
Seventh Air Force. 12 Guam based United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers hit Haha Jima while 14
others pound Iwo Jima. During 2-
3
January 1945,10 heavy bombers, flying snooper strikes out
of Guam, hit Iwo Jima over a 7 hour period.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Barnes.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Waltham Cross.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Beckenham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Greenwich.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Doddinghurst.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Stapleford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Ramsden Heath.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Greenwich.
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January
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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