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9th Air Force Europe in June 1945
FRIDAY, 1 JUNE 1945
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command):
During Jun, the following C-47s units begin a movement from France to the US:
- 71st, 72d, 73d and 74th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 434th Troop Carrier Group from Mourmelon-le-Grand;
- 76th, 77th and 78th Troop Carrier Squadrons from Bretigny.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 575th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Assche, Belgium to Vitry-en-Artois, France with B-26s.
Unit moves during June,
- HQ 322d Bombardment Group (Medium) and 452d Bombardment Squadron (Medium) from Le Culot, Belgium to Fritzlar and Wickenrode, Germany respectively with B-26s;
- 72d Liaison Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command (attached to Twelfth Army Group), from Augsburg to Darmstadt, Germany with L-5s.
MONDAY, 4 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 153d Liaison Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command (attached to Twelfth Army Group), moves from Brunswick to Augsburg, Germany with L-5s.
TUESDAY, 5 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves:
- HQ 406th Fighter Group and 512th, 513th and 514th Fighter Squadrons from Handorf to Nordholz, Germany with P-47s;
- 572d and 574th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), from Assche, Belgium to Vitry-en-Artois, France with A-26s and B-26s.
WEDNESDAY, 6 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- HQ Ninth AF moves from Chantilly, France to Bad Kissingen, Germany.
FRIDAY, 8 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
HQ XXIX Tactical Air Command (having been activated as a provisional command on 14 Sep 44) is activated by HQ Ninth AF.
SUNDAY, 10 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves in Germany:
- 125th Liaison Squadron, IX Fighter Command (attached to Sixth Army Group), from Brunswick to Heidelberg with L-5s;
- 167th Liaison Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command, from Pfaffengrund to Darmstadt with L-5s.
THURSDAY, 14 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- HQ 63d Fighter Wing moves from Heidelberg to Schwabisch-Hall, Germany
- and HQ 17th Bombardment Group (Medium) and 95th Bombardment Squadron (Medium) move from Dijon, France to Horsching, Austria with B-26s.
FRIDAY, 15 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 430th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group, moves from Langensalza, Germany to Nice, France with P-38s.
SATURDAY, 16 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves:
- HQ 474th Fighter Group and 428th and 429th Fighter Squadrons from Langensalza to Schweinfurt, Germany with P-38s;
- the 37th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 17th Bombardment Group (Medium), from Dijon, France to Linz, Austria with B-26s.
MONDAY, 18 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- HQ 320th Bombardment Group (Medium) moves from Tavaux Airfield, Dole, France to Herzogenaurach, Germany;
- the 34th and 432d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 17th Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Dijon, France to Linz, Austria with B-26s.
TUESDAY, 19 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 444th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 320th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Tavaux Airfield, Dole, France to Berghof, Germany with B-26s.
WEDNESDAY, 20 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 441st and 442d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 320th Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Tavaux Airfield, Dole, France to Pfriemd and Furth, Germany respectively with B-26s.
THURSDAY, 21 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 112th Liaison Squadron, Ninth AF (attached to HQ Command, SHAPE), moves from Buc, France to Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany with L-5s.
FRIDAY, 22 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves:
- HQ 50th Fighter Group and 10th Fighter Squadron begin a movement from Mannheim, Germany to the US;
- 442d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 320th Bombardment Group (Medium), from Tavaux Airfield, Dole, France to Herzogenaurach, Germany with B-26s.
SATURDAY, 23 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves in Germany:
- HQ 358th Fighter Group and 365th, 366th and 367th Fighter Squadrons move from Sandhofen to Reims, France, with P-47s;
- HQ 404th Fighter Group and 506th, 507th and 508th Fighter Squadrons from Fritzlar to Stuttgart with P-47s;
- the 81st and 313th Fighter Squadrons, 50th Fighter Group, begin a movement from Mannheim to the US;
- and the 522d Fighter Squadron, 27th Fighter Group, from Biblis to Sandhofen with P-47s.
SUNDAY, 24 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- HQ 27th Fighter Group and 523d and 524th Fighter Squadrons move from Biblis to Sandhofen, Germany with P-47s.
MONDAY, 25 JUNE 1945
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command):
- HQ 435th Troop Carrier Group and 75th Troop Carrier Squadron begin a movement from Bretigny, France to the US with C-47s.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves:
- HQ 366th Fighter Group and 391st Fighter Squadron from Handorf Airfield, Munster to Bindlach Airfield, Bayreuth, Germany with P-47s;
- HQ 409th Bombardment Group (Light) and 640th, 641st, 642d and 643d Bombardment Squadrons (Light) begin a movement from Couvron Airfield, Laon, France to the US;
- HQ 410th Bombardment Group (Light) and 644th, 645th, 646th and 647th Bombardment Squadrons (Light) begin a movement from Beaumont-sur-Oise, France to the US.
TUESDAY, 26 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
Unit moves in Germany:
- HQ IX Tactical Air Command from Weimar to Fritzlar;
- the 417th Night Fighter Squadron, 64th Fighter Wing, from Biblis to Braunschardt with Beaufighters.
WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- HQ 370th Fighter Group and 401st, 402d and 485th Fighter Squadrons move from Gutersloh to Sandhofen, Germany with P-51s.
THURSDAY, 28 JUNE 1945
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command):
- The 301st Troop Carrier Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from St-Andre-del L'Eure, France to Halle, Germany with C-47s.
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- The 389th and 390th Fighter Squadrons, 366th Fighter Group, move from Handorf Airfield, Munster to Bindlach Airfield, Bayreuth, Germany with P-47s.
SATURDAY, 30 JUNE 1945
TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):
- HQ 69th Reconnaissance Group begins a movement from Haguenau, France to the US.
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
