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8th Air Force Europe in August 1945
WEDNESDAY, 1 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: HQ 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 708th and 710th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) begin a movement from Rattlesden, England to the US with B-17s. Unit moves from England to the US in Aug 45: HQ 486th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 832d, 833d, 834th and 835th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Sudbury with B-17s; and 858th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) from Harrington with B-24s.
FRIDAY, 3 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: The 709th and 711th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 447th Bombardment Group (Heavy), begin a movement from Rattlesden, England to the US with B-17s.
SATURDAY, 4 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: Units beginning a movement from England to the US: HQ 390th Bombardment Group (Heavy) from Framlingham; 856th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 492d Bombardment Group (Heavy), from Harrington with B-24s.
SUNDAY, 5 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: HQ 96th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) begins a movement from Ketteringham, England to the US; the 653d Bombardment Squadron (Light, Weather Reconnaissance), 25th Bombardment Group (Reconnaissance), moves from Watton to Chalgrove, England with Mosquito XVIs; the 728th, 729th, 730th and 731st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 452d Bombardment Group (Heavy), begin a movement from Deopham Green, England to the US with B-17s.
MONDAY, 6 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: Unit movements from England to the US: HQ 13th and HQ 20th Bombardment Wings (Heavy) from Horham and Snetterton Heath; HQ 385th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 548th, 549th, 550th and 551st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Great Ashfield with B-17s; HQ 388th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 560th, 561st, 562d and 563d Bombardment Squadrons from Knettishall with B-17s; HQ 452d Bombardment Group (Heavy) from Deopham Green; HQ 493d Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 860th, 861st, 862d and 863d Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Debach with B-17s; 334th, 335th, 336th and 412th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 95th Bombardment Group (Heavy), from Horham with B-17s; 406th and 857th Bombardment Squadrons (Very Heavy), 492d Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), from Harrington and Alconbury respectively; the 568th, 569th, 570th and 571st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 390th Bombardment Group (Heavy), from Framlingham with B-17s.
TUESDAY, 7 AUGUST 1945
Eighth Air Force: HQ 346th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) arrives at Kadena, Okinawa from the US.
MONDAY, 13 AUGUST 1945
CENTRAL PACIFIC [US Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF)]
Eighth Air Force: The 461st, 462d and 463d Bombardment Squadrons (Very Heavy), 346th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), arrive on Okinawa from the US with B-29s.
SATURDAY, 18 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: The 368th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based at Thurleigh, England with B-17s, sends a detachment to operate from Gibraltar to fly photo-mapping missions.
MONDAY, 20 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: The 367th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based at Thurleigh, England with B-17s, sends a detachment to operate from Lagens, Azores to photo-map Africa.
SATURDAY, 25 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: HQ 2d Bombardment Wing (Heavy) begins a movement from Alconbury, England to the US.
SUNDAY, 26 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: Units beginning a move from England to the US: HQ 1st and 14th Bombardment Wings (Heavy) from Alconbury and Bury St Edmunds respectively; HQ 487th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 836th, 837th, 838th and 839th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Lavenham with B-24s; and HQ 490th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and 848th, 849th, 850th and 851st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) from Eye with B-17s.
FRIDAY, 31 AUGUST 1945
VIII Fighter Command: The 369th and 423d Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based at Thurleigh, England with B-17s, send detachments to operate from Istres, France to photo-map Europe and Africa.
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
