Eighth Air Force. 1,159 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
heavy bombers bomb synthetic oil plants at Bohlen, Ruhland,
and Magdeburg, 2 oil refineries at Rositz and Schonebeck,
marshalling yards at Chemnitz, Dresden, and Magdeburg, and
targets in Germany and Czechoslovakia. 15 fighters groups
fly 675 effective supporting sorties. Also part of 3 of these
groups strafe airfields.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) 9th
Bomber Division hits 5 bridges, 2 command centres, 3 ordnance
and motor transport depots, several city areas, and 6 targets.
Objectives are to hinder movement of enemy troops trying to
help Wehrmacht army caught in front of United States Third
Army, to obstruct movement in general, and to damage enemy
repair and refitting capabilities. Over 1,700 fighters escort
9th Bomber Division, hit special targets, fly armed reconnaissance
and patrols, and support United States 3d Armoured Division
at expanding bridgehead on the Erft River, XVI and XIX Corps
in Sevelen, Monchen, Gladbach, and Neuss area, and VIII, XII,
and XX Corps East of Prum River, astride the Kyll River, and
in Trier, Saarburg area.
Twelfth Air Force. Weather again grounds medium bombers, fighter-bombers
and fighters hit command, ammunition and stores dumps, 2 sugar
refineries, guns, vehicles, and buildings South of Bologna
and in Po Valley, and airfield at Aviano and Lonate Pozzolo.
Fifteenth Air Force. 470 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and B-17 Flying Fortress heavy
bombers, with fighters flying escort, bomb marshalling yards
at Linz, Sankt Polten, Amstetten, Graz, Knittelfeld, and Brescia.
31 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers on strafing mission attack
rail and river command from Linz to Regensburg, while 18 others
fly top cover. P-38 Lightning fighters fly reconnaissance
missions. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers drop supplies during
1-2 March 1945,
in North Italy and Central Yugoslavia.
Tenth Air Force. 20 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47
Thunderbolt fighters fly close support strikes in Mogok area.
2 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers damage ferry slips at Li-lu
while 10 others hit bridges at Tonglau, Na-lang, Mong Pawn,
and Namsang. 90 fighter-bombers attack gun positions, troops,
supply areas, and highway targets in general battle areas
and behind enemy lines. Transports complete 564 sorties to
forward areas.
Fourteenth Air Force. 3 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers on sweeps over Gulf of Tonkin
and South China Sea claim 2 vessels sunk and 3 damaged.
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 hit Matsuyama,
Toyohara, Kagi, and Kato airfields. Other B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers pound Sepinggang and Manggar airfields and waterfront
area of Sandakan.
Twentieth Air Force. Approximately 50 United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's bomb shop
and warehouse area at naval base in Singapore. 5 others hit
alternates on Bukum Island, at Arang Hill, and at Khao Huakhang.
Seventh Air Force. 7 Guam based United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers make daylight raid on
Chichi Jima airfield and 5 more bomb same airfield and town
of Omura during 2-
3
March 1945.
The rocket propelled
Bachem
Ba 349 Natter carried out its first test flight at Stetten
am kalten Markt. However the launch fails and the pilot, Lothar
Sieber, is killed.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Ashington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Havering.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Greenwich.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Orpington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Chigwell.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Chigwell.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit near North Fambridge.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Herongate.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Egypt Bay.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit near Southend.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Brentwood.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Greenwich.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Orpington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Chigwell.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Bermondsey.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Woking.
Henschel
Hs 297 F�hn
was used operationally against Allied aircraft.
R239
R-boat
Sunk 2 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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