Eighth Air Force. Almost 600 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) heavy bombers, given area support by 6 fighters groups,
bomb 4 marshalling yards, 12 command centres, a rail over
road bridge, and 5 targets in Germany.
Ninth Air Force. Weather prevents operations.
Twelfth Air Force. XXII Tactical Air Command A-20 Havoc light
bombers fly 33 effective sorties in Po Valley during
7-8
January 1945. Bad weather sharply reduces daytime operations.
Of 3 medium bombers missions dispatched, only 1 reaches target
Chivasso railway bridge where only 6 medium bombers bomb through
overcast. Less than 20 XXII Tactical Air Command fighters
hit scattered targets in Po Valley.
Fifteenth Air Force. Nearly 300 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers bomb Linz main station yard and North main marshalling
yard plus marshalling yards at Graz, Villach, Klagenfurt,
and Salzburg, escorted by 200 P-38 Lightning fighters and
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers. Over 30 other P-38 Lightning
fighters fly reconnaissance and reconnaissance escort.
Tenth Air Force. 21 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers hit troops and supply areas at Nampeng
and Mong Long. 74 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and P-38 Lightning
fighters attack troop concentrations and supply areas at Tunhunghkam,
Mongyu, Hpa-hpun, and Man Om. 12 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters
knock out bypass bridge at Namhkai. Transports complete 470
sorties to forward bases and front line areas.
Fourteenth Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers hit targets East of Muse and
East of Wanling.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). In the main strikes during the
day, United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
and P-40 fighters strafe airfields in the Lingayen Gulf area.
A-20 Havoc light bombers pound railroad yards at Cabanatuan,
motor convoys between Cabanatuan and Bongalion and between
Bongabon and Mojon, Rosales and San Quintin rail installations,
bridges at Cuyapo, Paniqui, and near Santa Rosa. P-47 Thunderbolt
fighters hit rail yards and truck convoy in San Jose area.
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and A-20 Havoc light bombers
attack Nichols Field and Nielson, Lipa, and Calingatan airfields.
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers with P-47 Thunderbolt fighters
cover, bomb Fabrica airfield, while B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
bomb Likanan airfield and oil storage at Matina. P-38 Lightning
fighters attack Manggar and Sepinggang airfields. Numerous
small-scale attacks over the Philippine Islands and Netherlands
East Indies (NEI) continue.
Seventh Air Force. 26 Guam based United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb airfields on Iwo
Jima, which, during 8-
9
January 1945, 10 more B-24 Liberator heavy bombers subject
to individual snooper strikes over a 6 hour period.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit High Beech.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Islington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Sydenham.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Hornsey.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Wilmington.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Barking Marshes.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Barking.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Datchworth.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit West Hampstead.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Clapham Common.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Sidcup.
V-2 rocket
launched against England, hit Stoke Newington.
Go To: 9th
January
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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