Ninth Air Force. General Weyland assumes command of Ninth
Air Force. General Sanders becomes Commanding General XIX
Tactical Air Command. XIX Tactical Air Command flies navigational
patrol to Gmunden, Liezen, Radstadt, and Innsbruck.
Fourteenth Air Force. 14 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 6 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
attack bridge and gun positions North and South of Hwayuan,
knock out bridge and hit boxcars at Chungmow, damage bridge
North of Lohochai, damage bridge and nearby gun positions
at Kuanshuishih, and pound truck convoys around Paoching,
Hengyang, and Changsha. 30 fighter-bombers hit various targets
around Liping, Yoyang, Changsha, Hengyang, Luntangpu, Chingmen,
Shasi, and Ichang.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
A-20 Havoc light bombers and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
hit Cagayan Valley and Balete Pass targets. P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
support ground forces in Baguio area and P-38 Lightning fighters
hit Ipo-Antipolo areas. Tawau, Bintula, Samarinda, and Miri
are hit by heavy bombers, Fort Brook and Weston by medium
bombers, and Tarakan Island by fighter-bombers.
Twentieth Air Force. During 23-
24
May 1945, 520 out of 562 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's sent against Tokyo bomb
an urban industrial area South of the Imperial Palace along
West side of the harbour. 5 others hit targets. 17 B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber's are lost. This is the largest number of B-29
Superfortress heavy bomber's participating in a single mission
during the Second World War.
Seventh Air Force. 32 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from Saipan strafe Moen airfields
and boats off Tol, buildings on Tarik, and seaplane base,
buildings, and small boats at Dublon.
Eleventh Air Force. 7 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers radar bomb Kataoka naval base
area while another flies a radar ferret mission in the same
area.
Karl
Dönitz on 23 May 1945, and Chancellor of Germany
Count Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk are arrested by British
forces at Flensburg. They are respectively the last German
Head of state and Head of government until 1949.
Heinrich
Himmler on 23 May 1945, former head of the Waffen SS,
commits suicide whilst being held captive by the British.
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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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