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The Mighty Eighth - Sunday, 1 July 1945 |
SUNDAY, 1 JULY 1945 EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO) AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): HQ 437th Troop Carrier Group and 83d, 84th, 85th and 86th Troop Carrier Squadrons begin a movement form Voisins Airfield, Coulommiers, France to the US with C-47s. STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Grafton Underwood, England to Istres, France with B-17s to begin moving troops from Europe to N Africa for shipment back to the US. TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Unit moves: HQ 99th Bombardment Wing (Medium) from Tirlemont to Namur, Belgium; 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 69th Reconnaissance Group, from Haguenau, France to Furth, Germany with F-6s. Unit moves during Jul 45: HQ IX Fighter Command from Weimar to Fritzlar, Germany; HQ XII Tactical Air Command to Erlangen, Germany; HQ XIX Tactical Air Command begins a movement from Germany to the US; HQ 42d Bombardment Wing (Medium) from Dijon to Reims, France; HQ 98th Bombardment Wing (Medium) from Venlo, the Netherlands to Tirlemont, Germany; HQ 367th Fighter Group and 392d Fighter Squadron from Eschborn Airfield, Frankfurt, Germany to the US; HQ 373d Fighter Group and 410th, 411th and 412th Fighter Squadrons from Illsheim, Germany to the US; HQ 411th Fighter Group from Illsheim, Germany to the US; the 10th and 22d Tactical Reconnaissance, 67th Reconnaissance Group, from Haguenau, France to the US. UNITED STATES STRATEGIC AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USSTAF): The 31st and 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadrons and 39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, USSTAF, begin a movement from Wiesbaden, Germany to the US. |