March 29th, 1945 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Sittingbourne, Kent: AA gunners shoot down what is thought to be the last V1 launched against Britain.
Frigate
HMS Teme takes a hit from a Zaunkönig fired by U-246
(Kapitanleutnant Ernst Raabe) and loses her stern. She was towed to Falmouth but
laid up and not repaired. Location: 6 miles N of Lands End at 50 07N 05 45W.
There are 4 casualties. (Alex Gordon)(108)
GERMANY: US forces marching almost unchecked into the centre of Germany, capture Frankfurt.
HUNGARY: The Red Army enters the former Czech province of Ruthenia.
ITALY: Twelfth Air Force A-20s bomb rail targets, roads and bridges while fighter-bombers attack supply dumps in the Po Valley.
BURMA: 14 Tenth Air Force B-25s hit troop concentration and bridges near the front lines.
FRENCH INDOCHINA: 31 Fourteenth Air Force B-25s attack a convoy off the coast claiming four destroyers or frigates, four cargo ships and a patrol craft sunk.
MALAYA: During the night of 29/30 March, XX Bomber Command B-29s fly their last mission from bases in India when 24 bomb oil storage facilities in Singapore. The B-29 units begin transferring to bases in the Mariana Islands.
CHINA: Fourteenth Air Force B-25s attack rail yards while fighters hit airfields and troop concentrations.
FORMOSA: Fifth Air Force A-20s, B-24s and B-25s bomb port facilities, a power plant and oil refinery.
JAPAN: Aircraft of Task Force 58 attack airfields on Kyushu.
KURILE ISLANDS: Six Eleventh Air Force B-24s bomb the Kataoka Naval Base.
BONIN ISLANDS: Seventh Air Force P-51s, based on Iwo Jima, continue their attacks against airfields on Haha Jima and Chichi Jima.
CAROLINE ISLANDS: Seventh Air Force B-24s bomb Dublon Island in Truk Atoll.
MARIANAS ISLANDS: USAAF 58th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) arrives on the islands.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: Fifth and Thirteenth Air Force A-20s, B-24s, B-25s and P-51s attack various
targets on Luzon and Cebu and support the landings on Negros Island.
US troops land on Negros.
U.S.A.: The motion picture "The Corn Is Green" is released in the U.S. This drama, directed by Irving Rapper, stars Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce and Rhys Williams. The story is about a schoolteacher in a Welsh town who wants to teach fundamental education to the villagers but is hindered by everyone in the village. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-1106 (type VIIC/41) is sunk north-east of the Faeroes, in position 61.46N, 02.16W, by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 224/O). 46 dead (all hands lost).
U-1169 is sunk in the English Channel south of Lizard Point in position 49.58N 05.25W by depth charges dropped by frigate HMS Duckworth. All 49 of the U-Boat crew are lost. (Alex Gordon)