2 April 1945

MONDAY, 2 APRIL 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
Mission 922:
1. 447 B-17s, 261 B-24s and 572 P-47s and P-51s are dispatched against 6
airfields in Denmark but are recalled because of bad weather in the target
area; 1 B-17 and 1 P-47 (pilot MIA) are lost and 1 P-47 is damaged beyond
repair.
2. 26 of 27 P-51s fly a scouting mission without loss.
3. 15 P-51s escort 7 F-5s on photo reconnaissance missions over Germany.
Mission 923: During the night of 2/3 Apr, 9 of 10 B-24s drop leaflets in
the Netherlands, France and Germany without loss and 10 B-24s fly
CARPETBAGGER missions to Denmark without loss.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS
First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): Unit moves: HQ 358th Fighter
Group from Toul, France to Sandhofen, Germany; HQ 69th Tactical
Reconnaissance Group and 22d and 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadrons from
Nancy and Azelot, France respectively to Haguenau, France with F-6s; 441st,
442d, 443d and 444th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 320th Bombardment Group
(Medium), from Longvic Airfield, Dijon to Tavaux Airfield, Dole, France with
B-26s.
Ninth Air Force: Weather prevents operations by the 9th Bombardment
Division and XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional). In Germany, the IX and
XIX Tactical Air Commands fly patrols and armed reconnaissance over wide
expanses of Germany claiming 17 airplanes downed and the IX Tactical Air
Command supports the US 9th Armored Division at the Diemel River bridgehead
near Warburg. Unit moves: 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th
Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) (attached to 67th Tactical Reconnaissance
Group) from Euren to Ober Olm, Germany with F-6s; 30th Photographic
Reconnaissance and 109th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadrons, 67th Tactical
Reconnaissance Group, from Vogelsang to Limburg, Germany with F-5s and F-6s
respectively; 39th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Ninth AF [attached to
9th Tactical Reconnaissance Group (Provisional)] from Jarny, France to
Maastricht, the Netherlands with F-5s.