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9th Air Force Europe in August 1945
WEDNESDAY, 1 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
Unit moves in Aug 45:
- HQ 98th Bombardment Wing from Tirlemont, Belgium to Kitzingen, Germany;
- HQ 99th Bombardment Wing (Medium) from Namur, Belgium to the US;
- HQ 100th Fighter Wing from Konigstein, Germany to the US;
- HQ 48th Fighter Group and 492d, 493d and 494th Fighter Squadrons from Laon, France to the US;
- HQ 362d Fighter Group and 377th, 378th and 379th Fighter Squadrons from Straubing, Germany to the US;
- HQ 363d Reconnaissance Group from Wiesbaden to Eschwege, Germany;
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command, from Rothwesten Airfield, Kassel, Germany to the US.
IX Troop Carrier Command:
- During August 45, the 100th Troop Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, moves from Dreux, France to Frankfurt, Germany with C-47s.
THURSDAY, 2 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- HQ 404th Fighter Group and 506th, 507th and 508th Fighter Squadrons begin a movement from Stuttgart, Germany to the US.
FRIDAY, 3 AUGUST 1945
IX Troop Carrier Command:
- HQ 438th Troop Carrier Group and the 87th, 88th, 89th and 90th Troop Carrier Squadrons begin a movement from Glisy Airfield, Amiens, France to the US.
SATURDAY, 4 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
Major General William E Kepner takes command of the Ninth AF.
SUNDAY, 5 AUGUST 1945
IX Troop Carrier Command:
- HQ 313th Troop Carrier Group and 29th Troop Carrier Squadron begin a movement from Achiet, France to the US with C-47s.
MONDAY, 6 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
Unit moves:
- HQ 370th Fighter Group and 401st, 402d and 485th Fighter Squadrons move from Sandhofen to Fritzlar, Germany with P-51s.
THURSDAY, 9 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- The 417th Night Fighter Squadron, 64th Fighter Wing, moves from Braunschardt to Rothwesten Airfield, Kassel, Germany with P-61s.
FRIDAY, 10 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- The 34th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 17th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Horsching to Marchtrenk, Austria with B-26s;
- the 112th Liaison Squadron, US Forces, European Theater, begins a movement from Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany to the US.
SUNDAY, 12 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
Colonel Reginald F Vance becomes commander of HQ 9th Air Division.
IX Troop Carrier Command:
- HQ 441st Troop Carrier Group moves from Dreux, France to Frankfurt, Germany.
MONDAY, 13 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- HQ 368th Fighter Group and 395th, 396th and 397th Fighter Squadrons move from Buchschwabach to Straubing Germany with P-47s.
TUESDAY, 14 AUGUST 1945
IX Troop Carrier Command:
- The 302d Troop Carrier Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group, moves from Poix to Villacoublay, France with C-47s.
THURSDAY, 16 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
Unit moves:
- HQ 371st Fighter Group and 404th, 405th and 406th Fighter Squadrons from Furth, Germany to Horsching, Austria with P-47s;
- 364th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 305th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based at St Trond, Belgium begins operating from Meeks Field, Iceland on photo-mapping operations with B-17s;
- 393d Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, from Crepy-en-Laonois, France to the US.
FRIDAY, 17 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- The 425th Night Fighter Squadron, Ninth AF, moves from Crepy-en-Laommis to St Victoret, France.
WEDNESDAY, 22 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- HQ 365th Fighter Group and 386th, 387th and 388th Fighter Squadrons move from Suippes, France to Antwerp, Belgium with P-47s.
THURSDAY, 23 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- The 33d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 363d Reconnaissance Group, begins a movement from Eschwege, Germany to the US.
FRIDAY, 24 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- The 425th Night Fighter Squadron, Ninth AF, begins a movement from St Victoret, France to the US.
SUNDAY, 26 AUGUST 1945
Ninth Air Force:
- The 394th Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, begins a movement from Reims, France to the US.
SUNDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 1945
FINI! WAR IS OVER.
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
