Ninth Air Force

3 May 1945

Official Description

132 A-26’s (on final 9th Bomb Div raid) bomb Stod ammo plant. IX TAC escorts 9th Bomb Div and C47’s and flies A/F cover. XIX TAC patrols US Third Army front, flies armed Reconaissance over Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia in frontline areas and around Kiel and Lubeck, and escorts 9th Bomb Div. XXIX TAC escorts C47’s, flies sweeps, and hits shipping in Kiel-Lubeck area.

Mission Details

Stod

Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 132

Kiel / Lubeck / US Third Army Front

Description: Fighter patrols

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