30 April 1945

MONDAY, 30 APRIL 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 972: 6 of 7 B-17s drop
leaflets in the Netherlands and France.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather cancels 9th Bombardment
Division and XXIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional) operations. In Germany,
the IX Tactical Air Command flies airfield cover, sweeps, and armed
reconnaissance; the XIX Tactical Air Command flies patrols and armed
reconnaissance, and cooperates with the XII Corps moving SE between the Danube
River and the Czech border N of Linz, Austria and with the XX Corps crossing
the Isar River at several points in the Landau an der Isar-Landshut area.
Unit moves in Germany: HQ 354th Fighter Group and 356th Fighter Squadron from
Ober Olm to Ansbach with P-47s; HQ 362d Fighter Group and 379th Fighter
Squadron from Frankfurt to Furth with P-47s; HQ 405th Fighter Group from
Ophoven, Belgium to Kitzingen; 31st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron,
10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) from Ober Olm to Furth with F-5s.