6 May 1945

SUNDAY, 6 MAY 1945

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 3 missions are flown.
Mission 981: 383 B-17s are dispatched to drop food at Schipol (249) and
Alkmaar (18) Airfields, E of Vogelenzang (37), W of Utrecht (59), and N of
Hilversum (18), the Netherlands; a total of 693.3 tons of food are dropped.
Mission 982: 15 B-17s, escorted by 8 of 26 P-51s, drop leaflets in France
and Germany during the day.
Mission 983: 10 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Channel
Islands during the night of 6/7 May.

TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): No operations by the 9th Bombardment
Division and the IX and XIX Tactical Air Commands. The XXIX Tactical Air
Command (Provisional) flies a demonstration mission in the Klotze, Germany
area.