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Misije USAF za 1945. u kojima se spominje Fiume - Rijeka, zeleno potvrđeno:
SUNDAY, 21 JANUARY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
170 B-17s bomb the Lobau and Schweehat oil refineries at Vienna, Austria;
131 P-51s and P-38s provide support. 43 P-38s bomb an oil refinery at Fiume,
Italy. Other fighters escort reconnaissance missions and accompany
supply-dropping operations to Yugoslavia.
THURSDAY, 15 FEBRUARY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
In Austria, 650+ B-24s and B-17s bomb 5 station freight yards, SE goods
depot, Korneuburg oil refinery, and Vienna/Floridsdorf, Matzleinsdorf, and
Penzing marshalling yards all in the Vienna area, plus marshalling yards at
Klagenfurt, Wiener-Neustadt and Graz, the Graz ordnance depot, shipyards in
Fiume, Italy and scattered targets of opportunity are also hit; fighters escort
the bombers and fly reconnaissance and reconnaissance escort missions.
SATURDAY, 17 FEBRUARY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
About 500 B-17s and B-24s attack the marshalling yard, station, and benzol
plant at Linz, steel works at Judenburg, tank works at Steyr and Sankt
Valentin, marshalling yards at Graz, Wels, Bruck an der Mur, and Villach,
Austria; plus shipyards and harbors at Fiume and Trieste, Italy, and Pula,
Yugoslavia. P-38s and P-51s escort the bombers, fly reconnaissance missions,
and supply drops, strafe rail lines in the Vienna-Linz, Austria area and
aircraft at Ardning and Grafenstein Austria, and fly weather and photo
reconnaissance.
MONDAY, 19 FEBRUARY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
During the night of 18/19 Feb, 11 B-24s drop supplies in N Italy. In Austria
during the day almost 500 B-24s and B-17s, escorted by about 220 P-51s and
P-38s, bomb 2 marshalling yards and the S station area in Vienna, marshalling
yards at Klagenfurt, Graz, and Bruck an der Mur; marshalling yards at Maribor,
Yugoslavia; shipyards in Fiume, Italy; and the Pula, Yugoslavia harbor and
military installations. In Austria, 51 P-51s strafe rail and river traffic and
airfields between Linz and Vienna and in the Graz area; other P-51s and P-38s
fly escort and reconnaissance missions.TUESDAY, 20 FEBRUARY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
520+ B-17s, with fighter escort, and B-24s bomb the Lobau, Vienna and
Schwechat, Austria oil refineries and Floridsdorf marshalling yard at Vienna,
steel works at Kapfenberg, Austria, harbor at Pula, Yugoslavia, and shipyards
at Trieste and Fiume, Italy.WEDNESDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 1945
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force):
During the night of 20/21 Feb, 1 B-17 and 13 B-24s drop supplies in N Italy.
During the day 500+ B-17s and B-24s with fighter escorts bomb Vienna, Austria
railroad targets (C yards, S station, and Matzleinsdorf marshalling yard),
marshalling yards at Bruck an der Mur, Wiener-Neustadt, and Zeltweg, Austria,
and Sopron, Hungary, and shipyards at Trieste and Fiume, Italy. HQ 1st Fighter
Group moves from Vincenzo Airfield to Salsola Airfield, Italy and the
detachment of the 27th Fighter Squadron ceases operating from Vincenzo and
returns to base at Salsola with P-38s.
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