Eighth Air Force. More than 300 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers bomb Frankfurt
Main marshalling yards and several targets including Giessen
marshalling yard, Aschaffenburg, and Hanau. Nearly 600 other
heavy bombers abort from synthetic oil targets in Germany
because of bad cloud conditions. 3 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
groups provide escort and strafe ground targets.
Ninth Air Force. 31 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-26
Marauder medium bombers strike Mayen rail bridge and target
at Reinfeld. Fighters of IX and XIX Tactical Air Command fly
patrols, sweeps, and armed reconnaissance. XXIX Tactical Air
Command cancels operations due to bad weather.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) medium
bombers bomb bridges at Chiusaforte, Bressanone, Crema, and
Dogna. Fighters and fighter-bombers hit command targets in
Po Valley and damage bridges at Nervesa della Battaglia, Cittadella,
Calliano, Ala, and Pordenone. Also bombed are guns and dumps
from South of La Spezia East to battle area below Bologna.
Fifteenth Air Force. Approximately 500 United States Army
Air Force (USAAF) heavy bombers attack main marshalling yard,
station, and benzol plant at Linz, steel works at Judenburg,
tank works at
Steyr
and Sankt Valentin, marshalling yards at Graz, Wels, Bruck
an der Mur, and Villach, plus shipyards and harbours at Fiume,
Trieste, and Pula. P-38 Lightning fighters and P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers escort heavy bombers, reconnaissance missions,
and supply drops, strafe rail lines in Vienna Linz area and
aircraft at Ardning and Grafenstein, and fly weather and photo
reconnaissance.
Tenth Air Force. 14 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47
Thunderbolt fighters support ground forces in Mongmit-Myitson
area. 140 fighter-bombers strike at troop concentrations,
supply points, transport, animal concentrations, tanks, and
arms and ammunition stores are pounded in North Burma including
at Hko-lawng, Hai-pu, Nakyeh, Man Sang, Samlan, Hkummanmao,
Mong Lang, Na-leng, Honwo, and Loiyek. 10 B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers bomb troops and supplies at Hai-hseng. 603 transport
sorties are flown.
Fourteenth Air Force. 30 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Linfen and Yuncheng. A single
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hits railroad targets from Hengyang
to Lingling. 27 P-40 fighters and P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
attack animal transport, barracks, railroad targets, and town
area at Puchi. 16 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters hit Hankow Wuchang
area. 37 other fighter-bombers attack railroad yards and targets
and road and river traffic near Tsinan, Changsha, and Kweiyi,
and at Sinyang, Linfen, and Lung Hai.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, with fighters support attack
airfields, railroad yard, and aluminium plant at Takao. A-20
Havoc light bombers support ground forces in Mariveles area
and hit caves and dugouts in hills West of Fort Stotsenburg.
A-20 Havoc light bombers, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, and
fighter-bombers attack Tuguegarao and coastal town of San
Fernando. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers pound Miri airfield.
Twentieth Air Force. 9 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's from Saipan bomb Dublon
Island submarine pens.
Seventh Air Force. 42 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Saipan blast defensive installations
and bivouac area. 3 others, on armed reconnaissance flight,
bomb Marcus. 3 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Guam, escorting
photo plane over Truk Atoll bomb Param, Uman, and Eten in
the atoll. 5 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Saipan fly
individual snooper strikes during 17-
18
February 1945, against Chichi Jima.
Eleventh Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers provide air coverage for naval
Task Force en route to Paramushiru.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit near Steeple.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Upper Kirby.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Dunton.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Aylesford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Althorne.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Garston Park.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Ilford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Poplar.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Rawreth.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Lynstead.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Brentwood.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Willingale.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit St Mary's at Hoo.
Peenemünde
evacuation began at Peenemünde.
M421
Minesweeper
Sunk 17 February 1945
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February
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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