2nd TAF on 25 February 1945

Hello,
does anyone have reports on the missions over Germany of the following units for 25 Februry 1945:
Tempests of 33 Sqn
Tempests of 56 Sqn
Spitfires of 442 Sqn

The following units lost aircraft over Germany on that day - so I suppose they were active, too.
Typhoons of 609 Sqn
Tempests of 274 Sqn / 174 Sqn / 80 Sqn / 486 Sqn

I know that the 2nd T.A.F. Daily Log Sheets No. 2658 - 2659 covered activities on 26 March 1945 - so maybe someone has access to the preceeding numbers or could point me to an online source.

 

174 SQN RCAF lost one that day, but it was a Typhoon

 

Perhaps this RCAF Summary for the 25th will provide further information

 

Many thanks, ometei. This helps - to an extent.
My information regarding squadrons was based on the book "2nd Tactical Air Force, Vol. 3 From the Rhine to Victory" by Christopher Shores and Chris Thomas (2006). They apparently do not specify which sqdns were Canadian...

 

Oops, I almost forgot about MN178 of 609 Sqn, which crashed 4 km east of Weeze on February 25, 1945. Debris was discovered in 2017 during Gravel extraction, but it was then thrown straight into the scrap heap ...

 

Thank you, ometei, another little stone in the mosaic of events.

 

Hi alberk

In case you haven't seen this: 33 Sqn's record and summary of events, 25 Feb 1945.

 

56 Sqn's:

 

442 Sqn's:

 

609 Sqn:

 

274 Sqn:

 

Hello JohnG505, thank you for posting all of this! Much appreciated help!

 

I wasn't sure if you'd already seen these documents. They're available online from UK's The National Archives. They're the Squadron's Operations Record Book. There's usually two files per month to look for, a "Record of Events" and a "Summary of Events".

If you create a login, they're free to download but you are limited to 10 files/documents per day and 100 in a 30 day period.

My apologies if you already know this, and already have these documents. I had a lot of spare time this evening

Regards.
John.

 

174 Sqn:

 

80 Sqn:

 

486 Sqn:

 

Hello John,
thank you - great information. I did not know this, although I visited the National Archives several times for research and have access via a login. I mainly researched Army documents, though. You`ve been a great help and I was lucky that you had all that spre time last night!
Have a good weekend, with best regards
Alex