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8th Air Force Europe in July 1945
SUNDAY, 1 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Grafton Underwood, England to Istres, France with B-17s to begin moving troops from Europe to N Africa for shipment back to the US.
MONDAY, 2 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Grafton Underwood, England to Istres, France with B-17s to transport personnel from France to N Africa for shipment back to the US.
TUESDAY, 3 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 355th Fighter Group moves from Steeple Morden, England to Gablingen, Germany. The 752d, 753d, 754th and 755th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 458th Bombardment Group (Heavy), begin a movement from Horsham St Faith, England to the US with B-24s.
WEDNESDAY, 4 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 446th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 704th, 705th and 706th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) begin a movement from Flixton, England to the US with B-24s.
THURSDAY, 5 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Units beginning a movement from England to the US: HQ 448th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 712th, 713th, 714th and 715th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Seething with B-24s; HQ 491st Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 852d, 853d, 854th and 855th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from North Pickenham with B-24s; 707th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 446th Bombardment Group (Heavy), from Flixton with B-24s.
FRIDAY, 6 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 466th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 784th, 785th, 786th and 787th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) begin a movement from Attlebridge, England to the US with B-24s.
SUNDAY, 8 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Units beginning a movement from England: HQ 357th Fighter Group from Leiston to Neubiberg, Germany; HQ 492d Bombardment Group (Heavy) from Harrington to the US.
WEDNESDAY, 11 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 93d Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) begins a movement from Mendlesham, England to the US.
THURSDAY, 12 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 95th Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) begins a movement from Kettingham, England to the US.
FRIDAY, 13 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Unit moves in England: HQ 92d Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) from Elveden Hall to the US. The 652d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy, Weather Reconnaissance), 1st Air Division, from Watton to Alconbury, England with B-17s (the squadron flies weather reconnaissance missions in the ETO).
MONDAY, 16 JULY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ Eighth AF issues its last movement order in the ETO; after much reorganization and redeployment of units, HQ relieves the VIII Fighter Command from assignment to Eighth AF and directs HQ and HQ Squadron to move from Charleroi, Belgium back to the UK (the unit moves to High Wycombe the following day, 17 Jul) where VIII Fighter Command is to assume control over all Eighth AF units remaining in UK. HQ Eighth AF is transferred without personnel, equipment, or combat elements to Okinawa, where the Eighth and Twentieth AFs are to comprise US Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF) under command of General Carl Spaatz. By this date 90,000+ persons (50+ per cent of the Eighth's strength on 30 Apr 45) have been redeployed to US, N Africa, and various parts of the ETO.
TUESDAY, 17 JULY 1945
VIII Fighter Command: HQ VIII Fighter Command moves from Charleroi, Belgium to High Wycombe, England.
FRIDAY, 20 JULY 1945
VIII Fighter Command: The 859th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 492d Bombardment Group (Heavy) [attached to 2641st Special Group (Provisional)], moves from Gioia del Colle to Bari, Italy with B-24s and C-47s.
MONDAY, 23 JULY 1945
VIII Fighter Command: Unit moves in England: HQ 4th Fighter Group and 334th, 335th and 336th Fighter Squadrons from Debden to Steeple Morden with P-51s; HQ 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance) begins a movement from Watton to the US.
TUESDAY, 24 JULY 1945
VIII Fighter Command: The 4th, 7th, 18th and 391st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 34th Bombardment Group (Heavy), begin a movement from Mendelsham, England to the US with B-17s.
WEDNESDAY, 25 JULY 1945
VIII Fighter Command: Units beginning a movement from England to the US: HQ 34th Bombardment Group (Heavy) from Mendlesham; 654th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy, Reconnaissance, Special), 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance), from Watton.
Source:
COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
Jack McKillop
USAF (Airways and Air Communications Service)
1955-59
used sources by McKillop:
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1961, ISBN 0-912799-02-1
COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF 1982
THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by the Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1973
THE MIGHTY EIGHTH WAR DIARY by Roger A. Freeman, ISBN 1-85409-071-2
