MARCH 1945
March 14, 1945 -- One plane flew a snooper mission to Kusiae. One plane patrolled regularly assigned search sector. One plane conducted a search mission for life raft, negative.
March 15, 1945 -- Six planes patrolled regularly assigned search sector. One plane flew a snooper mission to Kusiae which was aborted due to poor weather.
March 16, 1945 -- Six planes patrolled regularly assigned search sector. One plane flew a snooper mission to Kusiae. One plane conducted a special night patrol over Wotje Atoll.
March 17, 1945 -- One plane flew a dawn reconnaissance mission over Wotje Atoll (Aircraft Action Report 25). One plane conducted a snooper mission over Kusaie. Six planes patrolled regularly assigned search sector. Three planes conducted a special submarine search, negative.
March 18, 1945 -- One plane conducted a snooper mission over Kusiae. Three planes patrolled regularly assigned search sector. Three planes conducted a special submarine search, negative. Two planes conducted a special search for false signals on 1245 kilocycles, beacon frequency, negative.
March 19, 1945 -- One plane flew a snooper mission to Kusiae. Four planes conducted patrols of regularly assigned search sectors. Small groups of pilots begin one-week periods of R&R in Honolulu on a rotating basis.
March 20, 1945 -- Three planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. One plane flew a search of friendly atolls pursuant to Operations Order 5-45. One plane conducted a search of a reported submarine contact, negative.
March 21, 1945 -- Four planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. One plane flew a special search for false signals on 1245 kilocycles, beacon frequency, negative.
March 22, 1945 -- Five planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. One plane flew a search of friendly atolls pursuant to Operations Order 5-45.
March 23, 1945 -- One plane flew a snooper mission over Kusaie. Five planes conducted regularly assigned sector searches. One plane flew a search of friendly atolls pursuant to Operations Order 5-45. One plane flew a reconnaissance flight over Mille Atoll (Aircraft Action Report 26).
March 24, 1945 -- Five planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. One plane conducted a snooper flight over Kusaie (Aircraft Action Report 27). One plane conducted a security patrol over a beached ship. Three planes dispatched to Majuro as a temporary base on hunter-killer missions pursuant to verbal orders from ComShoreBasedAirForce. Two planes conducted hunter-killer flights near Mille Atoll (Aircraft Action Report 28).
March 25, 1945 -- Five planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. Two planes conducted hunter-killer missions near Mejit Island. Three planes flew hunter killer flights near Mille Atoll (Aircraft Action Report 29).
March 26, 1945 -- Three planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. One plane conducted hunter-killer flight near Mille Atoll.
March 27, 1945 -- One plane flew a snooper mission over Kusaie (Aircraft Action Report 30). Two planes flew regularly assigned sector searches. One plane conducted a search of friendly atolls assigned pursuant to Operations Order 5-45. Three planes returned to Kwajalein from temporary duty at Majuro.
March 28, 1945 -- One plane conducted a snooper mission over Kusaie (Aircraft Action Report 31). Five planes performed regularly assigned sector searches.
