1 April 1945

SUNDAY, 1 APRIL 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 921: 12 B-24s drop
leaflets in the Netherlands and Germany during the night without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS
First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): Unit moves: HQ 64th Fighter Wing
from Nancy, France to Edenkoben, Germany; HQ 320th Bombardment Group
(Medium), from Longvic Airfield, Dijon to Tavaux Airfield, Dole, France.
Ninth Air Force: No bomber operations due to weather. In Germany,
fighters fly patrols, armed reconnaissance, and support the US 3d and 9th
Armored Divisions in the Paderborn-Lippstadt and Warburg areas, the XX Corps
astride and E of the Fulda River, and the XII Corps which reaches the Werra
River W of Meiningen. The 72d Liaison Squadron, Ninth AF (attached to Sixth
Army Group), moves from Kaiserlautern to Darmstadt, Germany with L-5s. During
Apr 45, the following units move: HQ IX Fighter Command from Bruhl to Weimar,
Germany; HQ 9th Bombardment Division (Medium) from Reims, France to Namur,
Belgium; and HQ 99th Combat Bombardment Wing (Medium) from Beaumont, France
to Tirlemont, Belgium.