Ninth Air Force. No bomber operations. IX Tactical Air Command
flies patrols and armed reconnaissance, XIX Tactical Air Command
flies patrols and armed reconnaissance and operates in concert
with XII Corps assault on Linz, and with XX Corps which crosses
the Inn River and pushes East and Southeast. XXIX Tactical
Air Command sweeps Dessau and Wittenberg areas and attacks
shipping in Kiel and Flensburg areas. German forces in the
Netherlands, North West Germany and Denmark surrender.
Twelfth Air Force. XXII Tactical Air Command continues flying
visual reconnaissance during night and day in North Italy.
United States 85th Infantry Division reaches Austrian border
near San Candido and pushes on to Brenner Pass at Vipiteno
without opposition.
Fifteenth Air Force. No offensive operations. Activity is
limited to reconnaissance missions with escort, escort of
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force (MATAF) leaflet drops
in North Italy, and escort of C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft
on supply dropping missions to Yugoslavia.
Fourteenth Air Force. 12 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 180 fighter-bombers, mostly
operating in flights of 2 to 4 aircraft, attack town areas,
storage, troops, horses, trucks, river shipping, airfields,
and many other targets scattered over vast expanse of South
and East China.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Tuguegarao area while other
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers, and
fighter-bombers, in spite of bad weather, support ground forces
in North and South Luzon and on Negros. P-38 Lightning fighters
pound Itu Aba Island. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers heavily
damage oil installations at Saigon. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
and P-38 Lightning fighters support ground forces on Tarakan
Island and B-24 Liberator heavy bombers hit Sandakan and Kota
Baru and bomb Mandai and Masarnba airfields.
Twentieth Air Force. 47 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's attack airfields at Oita,
Omura, Saeki, and Matsuyama.
Seventh Air Force. 22 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Angaur bomb antiaircraft
positions on Koror. 11 from Guam hit airfields on Marcus.
Eleventh Air Force. General Isaiah Davies replaces General
Johnson as Commanding General Eleventh Air Force on an interim
basis.
Orion
HSK 1 Auxiliary cruiser
Sunk 4 May 1945
Lützow
Pocket Battleship
Scuttled 4 May 1945
Schlesien
Pre-Dreadnoughts
Scuttled 4 May 1945
M36
Minesweeper
Sunk 4 May 1945
M301
Minesweeper
Sunk 4 May 1945
R104
R-boat
Sunk 4 May 1945
R247
R-boat
Sunk 4 May 1945
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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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