Eighth Air Force. 600 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
heavy bombers, escorted by Mrs from 10 groups, bomb 4 marshalling
yards at Ingolstadt, Freiburg, Reutlingen, and Augsburg, and
several other targets in South West Germany. 3 fighters groups
fly sweeps and strafe ground targets while 3 groups of fighter-bombers
bomb marshalling yards, roads and rail targets.
Ninth Air Force. 16 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 9th
Bomber Division bombers hit Simmern bridge to help thwart
movement in Trier area. XIX Tactical Air Command escorts medium
bombers, flies armed reconnaissance and patrols, and supports
United States III and VIII Corps in Houffalize, Bastogne,
Wiltz areas.
Twelfth Air Force. Operations resume as weather clears. Medium
bombers concentrate on Brenner rail line, flying nearly 150
sorties against bridges at San Michele all'Adige, Rovereto,
Ala, Lavis, Santa Margherita d'Adige, and Motta di Livenza.
XXII Tactical Air Command attacks command in Po Valley and
further North, destroying or damaging several bridges and
a very large number of railway cars most of them at Como marshalling
yard. During
14-15
January 1945, light bombers hit targets in Po Valley, including
Po crossings at Borgoforte, Piacenza, and San Benedetto Po.
Fifteenth Air Force. 400 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and B-17 Flying Fortress heavy
bombers escorted by 270 P-38 Lightning fighters and P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers, bomb marshalling yards and other railroad
command in Northeast and Southeast Vienna and marshalling
yard at Treviso.
Tenth Air Force. 12 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers bomb troop concentration and supply
area at Mong Ngaw. 6 fighter-bombers damage bridge at Namhkai.
11 support ground forces along the Irrawaddy, bombing Mabein,
hitting cable crossing at Myitson, and attacking ferry landing
on Nampaw River, a tributary. Troops, supplies, tanks and
targets are attacked at several points in North Burma including
Mong Tat, Mong Yok and Mong Pa. Transports fly 527 sorties
to forward areas. General Wedeymeyer, Stratemeyer, and Sultan
confer at Myitkyina and agree that an Army Air Force Headquarters
to command United States Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces should
be set up in China.
Fourteenth Air Force. 18 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-26 Marauder medium bombers, supported by 20 P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers and P-40 fighters, attack Hankow. Others hit
Wan Pa-Hsa town area and damage nearby bridge, attack shipping
near Amoy, and hit targets in Siang Chiang and Hsiang Valleys
and from Hong Kong to Foochow. 130 P-40 fighters and P-51
Mustang fighter-bombers on armed reconnaissance attack numerous
targets throughout South China from Burma border to Southeast
coast.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers,
A-20 Havoc light bombers, and fighter-bombers attack objectives
on Luzon, in Central Phil, and on Palawan, hitting highways,
railroads, airfields and numerous targets including tanks,
trucks, and other vehicles. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers also
bomb Jesselton airfields.
Seventh Air Force. 12 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Saipan hit airfields on
Iwo Jima. 2 heavy bombers, operating singly from Guam and
Saipan, strike Iwo Jima airfields during 15-
16
January 1945.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit near Shoeburyness.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Chingford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit near Whitstable.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Off Polling.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Hackney.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Rainham.
2.
Räumbootsflottille
Was reformed on 15 January 1945
Hans-Joachim
Merks
Takes command of the
2.
Räumbootsflottille on 15 January 1945 to December
1945
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January
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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