Ninth Air Force. 260 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
A-26 Invader light bombers, and B-26 Marauder medium bombers
hit Recklinghausen, Siegburg, and Opladen marshalling yards,
Siegburg storage depot, and town of Bochum as a target. Weather
grounds IX and XIX Tactical Air Command. XXIX Tactical Air
Command flies alerts and covers United States XVI Corps as
it completes drive to the Rhine in Rheinburg area.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) medium
bombers pound command in Brenner Pass and hit bridges at Pordenone,
Ossenigo, Enego, Ora, Pizzighetone, and San Ambrogio di Valpolicella.
Fighters and fighter-bombers concentrate on close support
of United States Fifth Army South and South West of Bologna.
During
5-6
March 1945, a few A-20 Havoc light bombers bomb targets in
Po Valley.
Fifteenth Air Force. Bad weather restricts all operations
except reconnaissance and a supply mission, with escort, to
Yugoslavia.
Tenth Air Force. 31 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47
Thunderbolt fighters support British 36th Division forces
in Mogok area. 12 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers join 60 fighter-bombers
in striking troop concentrations, road traffic, supply and
fuel dumps, and other targets in vicinity of the battlefront
and in areas close behind enemy lines. Transport operations
continue on a large scale with 663 sorties completed to forward
areas throughout the day.
Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Chikhom. About 50 fighter-bombers
hit storage, troops, railroad targets, and river and road
traffic around Hankow, along Pinghan railroad, Kaifeng, Suchow,
Hsuchang, Changsha, Yoyang, Liuyang, and Hengyang, and on
railroads from Liuliho to Chengtung and from Tungpu to Tatung.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
heavy bombers pound San Roque and Zamboanga areas. Other heavy
bombers, medium bombers, and fighter-bombers hit Antipolo
area, bomb Balete Pass, and support guerrillas near San Fernando,
Fort Drum, and Caballo Island. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
and P-38 Lightning fighters attack Hainan Island and considerably
damage Samah airfield. Fighters sweeping over Formosa hit
Koshun area.
Seventh Air Force. 11 Guam based United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers again pound Susaki airfield.
5 more hit the airfield during 6-
7
March 1945, in separate strikes. 28 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
and 12 P-61 Black Widow, night fighters land on Iwo Jima.
Eleventh Air Force. Mission to the Kurils is cancelled due
to inclement weather.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Bexley.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Rainham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit West Ham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Sidcup.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Barking.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Woolwich.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Bowers Marshes.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Wandsworth.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Walthamstow.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Wandsworth.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit West Ham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Woolwich.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Ilford.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Chigwell.
Z28
Destroyer
Sunk 6 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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