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This is rather a mysterious case: There is a note in the Summary of the Opperations of the Ninth Air Force saying the 354the Fighter Group reported to strafe various ground targets in the vicinity of "M/Y Roztok" on April 24, 1945. The pilots definitely meant the RR station at Roztoky, a village located a couple of miles north of Prague.
The former village president Mr. Stanislav Bolonsky, who is considered a well-informed local historian, hasn't confirmed whether any attack occured on this day and it wasn't mentioned in the village memory book at all.
On the other hand, twelve Mustangs of the 353rd Squadron flew an armed recconaissance mission in the vicinity of Prague between from approx. 7.30 to 8.30 hrs. dropping 24 fragmentation 260-pound bombs against barges and RR cars and buildings, Steve Blake dealing with the history of the 354th Fighter Group wrote to me recently.
Sources:
Air Force Historical Research Agency, roll B 5653, Ninth Air Force Summary of Operations No. 114 – 24 April 1945
Státní oblastní archiv v Praze, fond Sbírka staničních knih četnictva a Sboru národní bezpečnosti, Středočeský kraj; inv. č. 1063
BLAKE, Steve. E-mail message, March 15, 2007
























