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Raid on Chemnitz, 5 March 1945

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mcclellan_scott

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Mar 10, 1995, 8:25:54 AM3/10/95

I'm looking for information on bombing raids flown on or about 5 March, 1945,
by the USAAF or RAF, on Chemnitz, Germany. Two of my great grandparents
died when their house was hit; date of death is listed as 5 March. I don't
know whether it was a daylight or nighttime raid.

In the April or May 1945 issue of Impact magazine, I found a map showing
targets hit in strategic raids between February and March. Chemnitz is shown
as having its marshalling yards bombed in a raid or raids in that time period,
but I found nothing more specific than that.

Any info or sources would be appreciated.

Scott McClellan
a-sc...@ac.tandem.com, regardless of what it says in the header.

mc killop,john e

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Mar 10, 1995, 1:11:52 PM3/10/95

In article <3jpk12$o...@portal.gmu.edu>,

mcclellan_scott <a-sc...@ac.tandem.com> wrote:
>
>I'm looking for information on bombing raids flown on or about 5 March, 1945,
>by the USAAF or RAF, on Chemnitz, Germany. Two of my great grandparents
>died when their house was hit; date of death is listed as 5 March. I don't
>know whether it was a daylight or nighttime raid.

COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
MONDAY, 5 MARCH 1945
FTP SITES
1. ftp.rutgers.edu in directory pub/wwii/usaf
2. byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.152) in pub/history/military/airforce/
wwii_chronology

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 3 missions are flown.
Mission 865: 429 bombers and 689 fighters are dispatched to hit oil targets
in Germany; the primary target for the B-17s is the synthetic oil plant at
Ruhland but weather forces them to hit the secondary target; all bombing is
with H2X radar; 1 B-17 is lost:
1. 233 of 303 B-17s hit the secondary target, the marshalling yard at
Chemnitz; targets of opportunity are Plauen (34) and Fulda (9); 1 B-17 is
lost and 15 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escorting are 369 of 420 P-51s; 3
P-51s are damaged beyond repair and 1 pilot is KIA.
2. 120 of 126 B-24s hit the Harburg oil refinery at Hamburg without loss.
The escort is 186 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
3. 27 P-51s attack the marshalling yard at Kreuztal; 1 P-51 is damaged
beyond repair.
4. 28 P-51s fly a scouting mission.
5. 14 P-51s escort 4 F-5s on a photo reconnaissance mission over Germany.
Mission 866: 21 of 24 B-24s bomb the Wiesbaden rail station by PFF markers
during the night.
Mission 867: 9 of 11 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and
Germany during the night.

SOURCES:
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
THE MIGHTY EIGHTH WAR DIARY by Roger A. Freeman, ISBN 1-85409-071-2

Jack McKillop
USAF (Airways and Air Communications Service)
1955-59

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