Ninth Air Force
1 May 1945Official Description
9 A-26’s bomb ammo plant at Stod. IX TAC escorts Light Bombers, flies airfield cover, and patrols Leipzig to Schwarzenberg area. XIX TAC flies patrols and armed reconnaissance over East Germany, West Czechoslovakia, and Austria, dive-bombs Berchtesgaden, and operates with US XII Corps which is advancing South-east between the Danube and the Czech border and north into Czechoslovakia north of Passau, and with XX Corps whose advance elements speed toward the River Inn at Wasserburg.
Mission Details
Stod
Aircraft Type: A-26 Invader
- Unit Hierarchy: Division
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Combat organisation
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 9
Stod / Liepzig area / Schwarzenberg area
Description: Fighter escort and patrols
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Berchtesgaden / US XII Corps advance / US XX Corps advance
Description: Fighter patrols and armed reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Command
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force