Eighth Air Force. More than 200 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers bomb Neumunster
marshalling yard. 8 fighters groups support heavy bombers
and strafe numerous airfields, claiming 284 parked aeroplanes
destroyed.
Ninth Air Force. A special mission is flown by IX Tactical
Air Command fighter-bombers against Headquarters of Field
Marshall
Walter
Model Heeresgruppe C at Haus Waldesruh in the Ruhr pocket.
The air attack is followed by an artillery barrage. As a result
the Headquarters is moved to Haan. IX Tactical Air Command
pilots sight Soviet fighters in the air for the first time.
Weather grounds 9th Bomber Division. Fighters fly patrols
and armed reconnaissance, and support United States XVIII
Corps in Huckeswagen and Hagen areas, III Corps between Ruhr
and Honne Rivers, 3d Armoured Division on Saale River in Alsleben,
Nelben and Friedeburg area, XX Corps astride and between the
Weisse Elster and Zwickauer Mulde Rivers North of Gera, XVI
Corps North West of Hagen, 2d Armoured Division in Elbenau,
Grunwalde area, and 5th Armoured Division along the Elbe in
Tangermunde area.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers are restricted by weather to 1 mission,
an attack on road bridge at Mollinella. Fighter-bombers continue
to hit command and dumps in Po Valley and guns in La Spezia
area. Light bombers during
12-13
April 1945, attack Po River crossings at San Benedetto Po,
Ostiglia, Piacenza, and Casalmaggiore, bridges at San Ambrogio
di Valpolicella, and motor transport and targets in Milan
area.
Fifteenth Air Force. Bad weather limits operations to reconnaissance
and escort missions.
Tenth Air Force. 30 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47
Thunderbolt fighters and P-38 Lightning fighters attack troops
and supplies in Hamngai, Loi-hseng, and Wan Yin areas and
sweep roads South of bomb line in Central Burma. Air transport
operations to front areas total 450 sorties.
Fourteenth Air Force. 11 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb railroad yards and warehouse
area at Kaifeng, 6 knock out bridge at Ningwing, and 6 hit
fort at Bac Ninh. 7 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit shipping
in South China Sea and Bakli Bay and town areas of Tenghsien
and Liuchow. 4 others, along with 5 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers,
knock out bridge and hit town area and shipping at Puchi.
24 P-38 Lightning fighters and P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
knock out 3 bridges, damage another, and hit several targets
in North Indochina. About 140 fighter-bombers fly armed reconnaissance
and strikes throughout South and East China, hitting rail,
road, and river traffic, town areas, troops, and general targets.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers hit Hong Kong waterfront Taikoo
Docks and storage areas in Canton. Other B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers hit airfields at Tainan and Okayama while B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers attack railroads. Numerous sweeps are flown
over Cagayan Valley and ground support missions are continued
on Luzon, Cebu, and Negros. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb
Davao area. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit various targets
on Mindanao and in Sulu Archipelago.
Twentieth Air Force. During 13-
14
April 1945, almost 330 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's bomb Tokyo arsenal area.
Seventh Air Force. 18 Guam based United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers pound enemy positions
on Marcus. 23 from Angaur bomb personnel and storage areas
at Kabacan. 2 Saipan based P-61 Black Widow, night fighters
bomb and strafe Pagan Island.
Eleventh Air Force. At Attu 27 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) P-38 Lightning fighters and P-40 fighters scramble
following radar reports of unidentified plots. Later, they
shoot down 9 of 11 Japanese paper bomb balloons sighted over
the West Aleutians.
T16
Torpedo boat
Decommissioned 13 April 1945
Go To: 14th
April
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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