Eighth Air Force. Kriegsmarine U-boat yards at Kiel and Bremen
and shipyard and refinery area at Hamburg are bombed by 1,212
heavy bombers. Close escort is provided by 14 P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers groups while 1 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters group
flies area support in Kiel area.
Ninth Air Force. 696 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
A-20 Havoc light bombers, A-26 Invader light bombers, and B-26 Marauder medium
bombers, hit 4 airfields, 3 command centres, 2 ammunition
filling plants, and several city areas and other casual targets.
Attacks are to obstruct air operations and supply and troop
movements in general. Fighters fly patrols and armed reconnaissance,
escort 9th Bomber Division, support United States 9th Infantry
Division push at Remagen bridgehead and fly cover over the
area, and support XX Corps East of Trier and Saarburg.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers of 57th Bomber Wing score damaging
hits on bridge and fills at San Michele all'Adige, Volargne,
and Ossenigo, and, attacking target in Austria for first time,
bomb bridge at Drauburg. Fighters and fighter-bombers of XXII
Tactical Air Command hit rail lines and dumps in Central Po
Valley and in Brenner area. During
10-11
March 1945, light bombers hit several Po River crossings,
Ghedi and Pavia airfields, road junctions, and other targets
in Po Valley.
Fifteenth Air Force. Bad weather limits operations to reconnaissance
and supply missions.
Tenth Air Force. 14 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers pound stores, troops, vehicles, and
ammunition dumps at Konghsa, Kwai-Kong, Man Kat, and Mong
Yai. 4 P-38 Lightning fighters knock out bridge at Mong Tong.
8 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters hit troop concentration at Kyaukme.
30 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters hit targets during road sweeps
behind enemy lines. Transports fly 547 sorties to forward
areas.
Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers knock out 1 bridge and hit numerous
boxcars at Kep and near Don Met. 5 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
over South China Sea and Gulf of Tonkin claim 1 freighter
sunk and another damaged. 10 P-40 fighters and P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers blast locomotives on Tsinpu railroad and demolish
3 villages East of Lohochai.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Zamboanga area, Mercedes
village, and San Roque airfield. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
hit Mercedes, support ground forces near Zamboanga, and in
conjunction with torpedo boats, hit Isabela, Barlak, Taluksangay,
and Headquarters North of Zamboanga. B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers hit Aparri area and support ground forces at Wawa.
A-20 Havoc light bombers and fighter-bombers fly ground support
missions and attack supply dumps and numerous targets throughout
Luzon. Fighter-bombers hit Takao and B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers bomb Mako.
Twentieth Air Force. Attacking at altitudes ranging from 5,100
to 8,500 ft, 285 B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's bomb Nagoya
urban area with incendiaries during 11-
12
March 1945.
Seventh Air Force. 11 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Guam again hit Susaki airfield,
while 8 more during 11-
12
March 1945, pound the airfield individually. Iwo Jima based
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers also bomb Susaki and strafe Okimura
and Kitamura.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit near Mouth of River Crouch.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit West Ham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Westerham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Deptford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Canvey Island.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Bulphan.
M2
Minesweeper
Sunk 11 March 1945
M266
Minesweeper
Sunk 11 March 1945
M804
Minesweeper
Sunk 11 March 1945
M805
Minesweeper
Sunk 11 March 1945
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March
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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