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1 January 1945 --- RAF Lancasters breached Dortmund-Ems canal for the fourth time. (1)
2 January 1945 --- Night attacks by over 1,000 RAF bombers on Nuremburg and Ludwigshafen. (1)
3 January 1945 --- Lancasters bombed oil plants near Dortmund. (1)
5 January 1945 --- RAF attacked German pocket near Bordeaux, and at night made a heavy attack on Hanover. (1)
6 January 1945 --- RAF attacked German troops near Houffalize by day, and rail centres on Hanau and Neuss at night. (1)
7 January 1945 --- RAF Spitfires bombed V2 sites in Holland, and at night Lancasters attacked Hanover, Munich, Hanau and Nuremburg. (1)
12 January 1945 --- Lancasters with 12,000-pound bombs attacked U-boat shelters at Bergen. (1)
13 January 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed an oil plant at Politz, north of Stettin. (1)
14 January 1945 --- RAF, by day, attacked V2 sites in Holland, and at night bombed Leuna oil plant near Merseberg and fuel depot near Munster. (1)
15 January 1945 --- Lancasters bombed benzol plant in the Ruhr. (1)
17 January 1945 --- Night attack by the RAF on oil plant at Brux, Czechoslovakia, and Magdeburg. (1)
21 January 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed Kassel. (1)
28 January 1945 --- RAF bombed marshalling yards near Cologne and Stuttgart by day and night, (1)
29 January 1945 --- RAF and US bombers heavily attacked marshalling yards and junctions at Hamm, Munster, Coblenz, Kassel and Krefeld. Berlin again bombed by Mosquitoes at night. (1)
1 February 1945 --- Day attacks by the RAF and US bombers on railways at Munchen-Gladbach, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Wesel; heavy night attack by the RAF on Mainz, Ludwigshafen and Siegen. Mosquitoes again bombed Berlin. (1)
2 February 1945 --- RAF bombers made a night attack on Wiesbaden, Karlsruhe, oil plant at Wanne-Eickel, Mannheim and Magdeburg. (1)
4 February 1945 --- Liberators of Coastal Command bombed enemy naval vessels, including U-boats in the Baltic. RAF bombers attacked Bonn, and benzol plants in the Ruhr. (1)
5 February 1945 --- The RAF's first helicopter unit was formed at 43 OTU, RAF Andover with Sikorsky Helicopters. (10)
5 February 1945 --- Balloon Command was disbanded. (10)
6 February 1945 --- Spitfires attack V2 sites in Holland. (1)
7 February 1945 --- RAF bombers made a night attack on enemy troops at Cleve and Goch between the Mass and the Rhine. (1)
8 February 1945 --- Lancasters attacked with 12,000-pound bombs E-boat shelters at Ljmuiden. A night Lancasters made two attacks on synthetic oil plant at Politz, near Stettin. (1)
9 February 1945 --- In the early hours Halifaxes bombed Wanne-Eickel synthetic oil plant. (1)
13 February 1945 --- Two heavy night raids on Dresden by the RAF. (1)
14 February 1945 --- Chemnitz bombed at night by the RAF (1)
16 February 1945 --- The RAF bombed Wesel on the east bank of the Rhine. (1)
19 February 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed synthetic oil plant at Bohlen and communications centre of Erfurt in Saxony. (1)
20 February 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed Dortmund and oil refineries near Dusseldorf. Aircraft of Coastal Command struck at E-boats attempting to attack allied shipping on the way to Antwerp. (1)
20 February 1944 --- First of 36 consecutive nights when Mosquitoes of the Light Night Striking Force attacked Berlin. (10)
21 February 1945 --- At night the RAF attacked the railway centre at Worms. (1)
23 February 1945 --- RAF bombed Essen and Gelsenkirchen by day, Pforzheim at night. (1)
26 February 1945 --- RAF bombed Dortmund. (1)
27 February 1945 --- RAF made a daylight raid on Mainz. (1)
1 March 1945 --- RAF bombers attacked Mannheim and oil plants near Dortmund. (1)
2 March 1945 --- RAF twice bombed Cologne by day. (1)
3 March 1945 --- Night attacked by the RAF on Dortmund-Ems canal, and oil plants near Dortmund. (1)
5 March 1945 --- RAF attacked benzol plant at Gelsenkirchen by day and Chemnitz at night.(1)
6 March 1945 --- At night RAF bombers attacked Wesel on the Rhine and also Sassnitz on the Baltic island of Rugen. (1)
7 March 1945 --- At night the RAF made a heavy attack on Dessau. (1)
8 March 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed Kassel and U-boat yards at Hamburg. (1)
11 March 1945 --- Over 1,000 RAF bombers dropped 4,500 tons of bombs on Essen. (1)
12 March 1945 --- Over 4,900 tons of bombs dropped on Dortmund by the RAF in the heaviest attack of the war. (1)
13 March 1945 --- RAF bombers attacked Barmen and other communications centres in the Ruhr by day and night. (1)
14 March 1945 --- RAF 10 ton bombs used for the first time in daylight attack on a viaduct at Bielefeld. At night the RAF bombed enemy troop concentrations in Zweibrucken and Homburg. (1)
15 March 1945 --- RAF dropped 10 ton bombs on a viaduct at Arnsberg and at night made heavy attack on Hagen east of Ruhr. (1)
16 March 1945 --- At night RAF heavy bombers attacked Nuremburg and Wurzburg. (1)
19 March 1945 --- Lancasters attacked a viaduct at Arnsberg with 10 ton bombs. (1)
20 March 1945 --- RAF bombed railway yards at Hamm and Recklinghausen and at night attacked plants near Leipzig and Heide. (1)
21 March 1945 --- RAF dropped 10 ton bombs on a railway bridge near Bremen. Mosquitoes bombed Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen. (1)
22 March 1945 --- RAF and US bombers attacked advanced bases and army concentrations east of Wesel and in the Ruhr. (1)
23 March 1945 --- RAF and US bombers again attacked railways with the object of isolating the Ruhr. (1)
24 March 1945 --- RAF bombed marshalling yards near Sterkrade. (1)
25 March 1945 --- RAF attacked railway centres at Munster, Osnabruck and Hanover. (1)
27 March 1945 --- RAF dropped 10-ton bombs on U-boat pens at Farge, near Bremen. (1)
31 March 1945 --- RAF bombed U-boat yards at Hamburg. (1)
3 April 1945 --- German troop concentrations at Nordhausen, N.E. of Cassel bombed by Lancasters. (1)
7 April 1945 --- Mosquitoes bombed Berlin from continental bases for the first time. (1)
9 April 1945 --- RAF bombed U-boat yards at Hamburg by day and at Kiel by night sinking pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. (1)
10 April 1945 --- RAF bombed railway yards at Leipzig. (1)
13 April 1945 --- The RAF bombed Kiel at night. (1)
14 April 1945 --- RAF bombers heavily attacked Potsdam. (1)
16 April 1945 --- Lancasters bombed naval units at Swinemunde sinking pocket battleship Lutzow. (1)
17 April 1945 --- Mosquitoes made a low level attack on Gestapo HQ at Odense, Denmark. (1)
18 April 1945 --- Nearly 1,000 RAF bombers attacked Heligoland and airfield on Dune, and at night bombed a railway yard at Komotau, Czechoslovakia. (1)
19 April 1945 --- RAF dropped 12,000-pound bombs on Heligoland. (1)
20 April 1945 --- At night Mosquitoes made 6 raids on Berlin. (1)
22 April 1945 --- Lancasters bombed Bremen. (1)
23 April 1945 --- Mosquitoes twice bombed Kiel and shipping at Travemunde. (1)
24 April 1945 --- RAF bombers attacked rail centre of Bad Oldesloe, near Hamburg (1). RAF Meteor jets attack Nordholtz airfield, Germany. (7)
25 April 1945 --- Hitler's Berchtesgaden chalet attacked by Lancasters with 12,000-pound bombs. (1)
29 April 1945 --- First supplies of food dropped from RAF aircraft to Dutch civilians in W.Holland. (1)
7 May 1945 --- Last U-boat (196th)sunk by a Catalina. (7)
8 May 1945 --- Unconditional surrender signed by the Germans in Berlin. (1)
6 July 1945 --- The RAF held a farewell parade in Brussels. (1)
15 August 1945 --- VJ day.
11 September 1945 --- Sir Arthur Tedder, promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
15 September 1945 --- 300 Aircraft of Fighter Command flew over London in commemoration of the greatest day in The Battle of Britain. (1)
7 November 1945 --- Group Captain, H Wilson achieved a world speed record of 606 mph in a Gloster Meteor at Herne Bay. (1)
Source: (1) Hammerton's, The War Illustrated. 1945. Published at the time so some facts may be incorrect, omitted, or exaggerated.
Source: (7) Lost Voices of the Royal Air Force. Max Arthur.
Source: (10) The RAF Day by Day. Graham Pitchfork.
2 January 1945 --- Night attacks by over 1,000 RAF bombers on Nuremburg and Ludwigshafen. (1)
3 January 1945 --- Lancasters bombed oil plants near Dortmund. (1)
5 January 1945 --- RAF attacked German pocket near Bordeaux, and at night made a heavy attack on Hanover. (1)
6 January 1945 --- RAF attacked German troops near Houffalize by day, and rail centres on Hanau and Neuss at night. (1)
7 January 1945 --- RAF Spitfires bombed V2 sites in Holland, and at night Lancasters attacked Hanover, Munich, Hanau and Nuremburg. (1)
12 January 1945 --- Lancasters with 12,000-pound bombs attacked U-boat shelters at Bergen. (1)
13 January 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed an oil plant at Politz, north of Stettin. (1)
14 January 1945 --- RAF, by day, attacked V2 sites in Holland, and at night bombed Leuna oil plant near Merseberg and fuel depot near Munster. (1)
15 January 1945 --- Lancasters bombed benzol plant in the Ruhr. (1)
17 January 1945 --- Night attack by the RAF on oil plant at Brux, Czechoslovakia, and Magdeburg. (1)
21 January 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed Kassel. (1)
28 January 1945 --- RAF bombed marshalling yards near Cologne and Stuttgart by day and night, (1)
29 January 1945 --- RAF and US bombers heavily attacked marshalling yards and junctions at Hamm, Munster, Coblenz, Kassel and Krefeld. Berlin again bombed by Mosquitoes at night. (1)
1 February 1945 --- Day attacks by the RAF and US bombers on railways at Munchen-Gladbach, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Wesel; heavy night attack by the RAF on Mainz, Ludwigshafen and Siegen. Mosquitoes again bombed Berlin. (1)
2 February 1945 --- RAF bombers made a night attack on Wiesbaden, Karlsruhe, oil plant at Wanne-Eickel, Mannheim and Magdeburg. (1)
4 February 1945 --- Liberators of Coastal Command bombed enemy naval vessels, including U-boats in the Baltic. RAF bombers attacked Bonn, and benzol plants in the Ruhr. (1)
5 February 1945 --- The RAF's first helicopter unit was formed at 43 OTU, RAF Andover with Sikorsky Helicopters. (10)
5 February 1945 --- Balloon Command was disbanded. (10)
6 February 1945 --- Spitfires attack V2 sites in Holland. (1)
7 February 1945 --- RAF bombers made a night attack on enemy troops at Cleve and Goch between the Mass and the Rhine. (1)
8 February 1945 --- Lancasters attacked with 12,000-pound bombs E-boat shelters at Ljmuiden. A night Lancasters made two attacks on synthetic oil plant at Politz, near Stettin. (1)
9 February 1945 --- In the early hours Halifaxes bombed Wanne-Eickel synthetic oil plant. (1)
13 February 1945 --- Two heavy night raids on Dresden by the RAF. (1)
14 February 1945 --- Chemnitz bombed at night by the RAF (1)
16 February 1945 --- The RAF bombed Wesel on the east bank of the Rhine. (1)
19 February 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed synthetic oil plant at Bohlen and communications centre of Erfurt in Saxony. (1)
20 February 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed Dortmund and oil refineries near Dusseldorf. Aircraft of Coastal Command struck at E-boats attempting to attack allied shipping on the way to Antwerp. (1)
20 February 1944 --- First of 36 consecutive nights when Mosquitoes of the Light Night Striking Force attacked Berlin. (10)
21 February 1945 --- At night the RAF attacked the railway centre at Worms. (1)
23 February 1945 --- RAF bombed Essen and Gelsenkirchen by day, Pforzheim at night. (1)
26 February 1945 --- RAF bombed Dortmund. (1)
27 February 1945 --- RAF made a daylight raid on Mainz. (1)
1 March 1945 --- RAF bombers attacked Mannheim and oil plants near Dortmund. (1)
2 March 1945 --- RAF twice bombed Cologne by day. (1)
3 March 1945 --- Night attacked by the RAF on Dortmund-Ems canal, and oil plants near Dortmund. (1)
5 March 1945 --- RAF attacked benzol plant at Gelsenkirchen by day and Chemnitz at night.(1)
6 March 1945 --- At night RAF bombers attacked Wesel on the Rhine and also Sassnitz on the Baltic island of Rugen. (1)
7 March 1945 --- At night the RAF made a heavy attack on Dessau. (1)
8 March 1945 --- At night the RAF bombed Kassel and U-boat yards at Hamburg. (1)
11 March 1945 --- Over 1,000 RAF bombers dropped 4,500 tons of bombs on Essen. (1)
12 March 1945 --- Over 4,900 tons of bombs dropped on Dortmund by the RAF in the heaviest attack of the war. (1)
13 March 1945 --- RAF bombers attacked Barmen and other communications centres in the Ruhr by day and night. (1)
14 March 1945 --- RAF 10 ton bombs used for the first time in daylight attack on a viaduct at Bielefeld. At night the RAF bombed enemy troop concentrations in Zweibrucken and Homburg. (1)
15 March 1945 --- RAF dropped 10 ton bombs on a viaduct at Arnsberg and at night made heavy attack on Hagen east of Ruhr. (1)
16 March 1945 --- At night RAF heavy bombers attacked Nuremburg and Wurzburg. (1)
19 March 1945 --- Lancasters attacked a viaduct at Arnsberg with 10 ton bombs. (1)
20 March 1945 --- RAF bombed railway yards at Hamm and Recklinghausen and at night attacked plants near Leipzig and Heide. (1)
21 March 1945 --- RAF dropped 10 ton bombs on a railway bridge near Bremen. Mosquitoes bombed Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen. (1)
22 March 1945 --- RAF and US bombers attacked advanced bases and army concentrations east of Wesel and in the Ruhr. (1)
23 March 1945 --- RAF and US bombers again attacked railways with the object of isolating the Ruhr. (1)
24 March 1945 --- RAF bombed marshalling yards near Sterkrade. (1)
25 March 1945 --- RAF attacked railway centres at Munster, Osnabruck and Hanover. (1)
27 March 1945 --- RAF dropped 10-ton bombs on U-boat pens at Farge, near Bremen. (1)
31 March 1945 --- RAF bombed U-boat yards at Hamburg. (1)
3 April 1945 --- German troop concentrations at Nordhausen, N.E. of Cassel bombed by Lancasters. (1)
7 April 1945 --- Mosquitoes bombed Berlin from continental bases for the first time. (1)
9 April 1945 --- RAF bombed U-boat yards at Hamburg by day and at Kiel by night sinking pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. (1)
10 April 1945 --- RAF bombed railway yards at Leipzig. (1)
13 April 1945 --- The RAF bombed Kiel at night. (1)
14 April 1945 --- RAF bombers heavily attacked Potsdam. (1)
16 April 1945 --- Lancasters bombed naval units at Swinemunde sinking pocket battleship Lutzow. (1)
17 April 1945 --- Mosquitoes made a low level attack on Gestapo HQ at Odense, Denmark. (1)
18 April 1945 --- Nearly 1,000 RAF bombers attacked Heligoland and airfield on Dune, and at night bombed a railway yard at Komotau, Czechoslovakia. (1)
19 April 1945 --- RAF dropped 12,000-pound bombs on Heligoland. (1)
20 April 1945 --- At night Mosquitoes made 6 raids on Berlin. (1)
22 April 1945 --- Lancasters bombed Bremen. (1)
23 April 1945 --- Mosquitoes twice bombed Kiel and shipping at Travemunde. (1)
24 April 1945 --- RAF bombers attacked rail centre of Bad Oldesloe, near Hamburg (1). RAF Meteor jets attack Nordholtz airfield, Germany. (7)
25 April 1945 --- Hitler's Berchtesgaden chalet attacked by Lancasters with 12,000-pound bombs. (1)
29 April 1945 --- First supplies of food dropped from RAF aircraft to Dutch civilians in W.Holland. (1)
7 May 1945 --- Last U-boat (196th)sunk by a Catalina. (7)
8 May 1945 --- Unconditional surrender signed by the Germans in Berlin. (1)
6 July 1945 --- The RAF held a farewell parade in Brussels. (1)
15 August 1945 --- VJ day.
11 September 1945 --- Sir Arthur Tedder, promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
15 September 1945 --- 300 Aircraft of Fighter Command flew over London in commemoration of the greatest day in The Battle of Britain. (1)
7 November 1945 --- Group Captain, H Wilson achieved a world speed record of 606 mph in a Gloster Meteor at Herne Bay. (1)
Source: (1) Hammerton's, The War Illustrated. 1945. Published at the time so some facts may be incorrect, omitted, or exaggerated.
Source: (7) Lost Voices of the Royal Air Force. Max Arthur.
Source: (10) The RAF Day by Day. Graham Pitchfork.