Eighth Air Force. More than 1,000 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) heavy bombers, escorted by 11 fighters groups, bomb
7 marshalling yards, 6 command centres, 3 bridges, railroad
lines, along with several city areas and targets in Germany.
2 fighters groups sweep Cologne and Osnabruck areas.
Ninth Air Force. XXIX Tactical Air Command fighters escort
VIII Bomber Command heavy bombers. All other command s and
9th Bomber Division cancel operations as weather is bad.
Twelfth Air Force. Weather grounds medium bombers and light
bombers. XXII Tactical Air Command fighters and fighter-bombers
make 6 cuts on Brenner rail line, damage West end of rail
bridge at Cittadella, and hit marshalling yard South of Trento.
Most of XXII Tactical Air Command's effort is concentrated
against land and water command in La Spezia-Genoa area, including
attacks on shipping at Savona and San Remo harbours.
Fifteenth Air Force. Unfavourable weather again curtails operations.
3 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-38 Lightning fighters
complete photo and weather reconnaissance missions.
Tenth Air Force. Bad weather cancels all combat missions.
Transports complete 383 sorties to forward areas.
Fourteenth Air Force. 5 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Fort Bayard and attack shipping
in Samah Bay, claiming 1 vessel sunk.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). In major strikes of the day, large
numbers of United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers and A-20 Havoc light bombers, supported by
P-38 Lightning fighters, hit network of airstrips from Clark
Field to Angeles airfield. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb
Nielson and Grace Park airfields and Nichols Field, and B-25
Mitchell medium bombers and fighter-bombers pound bridges
in the Plaridel and Calumpit areas. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
raid Padada and Daliao airfields. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
and fighter-bombers hit Lembeh Strait and Langoan areas. Other
Far East Air Force (FEAF) aircraft on small-scale armed reconnaissance
missions strike targets throughout Philippine Islands.
Seventh Air Force. 11 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, flying out of Saipan, bomb airfields
on Iwo Jima. During 7-
8
January 1945, 10 more heavy bombers again pound airfields,
striking in single-bomber snooper missions over a 7 hour period.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Dagenham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Teddington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Tottenham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Guildford, Hogs Back.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Great Baddow.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Leytonstone.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Cheshunt.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Ilford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Islington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Hutton.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Brightlingsea.
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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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