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The Mighty Eighth - Thursday, 3 May 1945



THURSDAY, 3 MAY 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 977: 399 B-17s are dispatched to drop food supplies in the
Netherlands at Schipol (251) and Alkmaar (20) Airfields, Vogelenzang (42),
Hilversum (21), Utrecht (58) and a target of opportunity (3) in the
Netherlands; a total of 739.1 tons of food are dropped.
14 B-17s, escorted by 43 of 47 P-51s, drop leaflets in Germany
during the day.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS
First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): P-47 unit moves in Germany:
314th, 315th and 316th Fighter Squadrons, 324th Fighter Group, from
Luneville, France to Stuttgart; 406th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group,
from Eschborn Airfield, Frankfurt to Furth.
Ninth Air Force: 132 A-26s (on the final 9th Bombardment Division raid)
bomb the Stod, Czechoslovakia ammunition plant. The IX Tactical Air Command
escorts the A-26s and C-47s and flies airfield cover; the XIX Tactical Air
Command patrols the US Third Army front, flies armed reconnaissance over
Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia in the frontline areas and around Kiel
and Lubeck, Germany, and escorts the A-26s; the XXIX Tactical Air Command
(Provisional) escorts C-47s, flies sweeps, and hits shipping in the Kiel-
Lubeck area. Unit moves: HQ 98th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) from
Havrincourt, France to Venlo, the Netherlands; HQ 362d Fighter Group from
Furth to Illesheim, Germany.






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