 In the morning of the first day of the operation the aircraft were useless due to thick fog over the Odra valley.In the evening, only a small group of Il-2's from the 3rd Regiment under protection of fighters from the 1st Regiment attacked German positions on the left bank of the river near Neu Rüdnitz.The situation was similar the next day, but on April 18 and April 19, air force actions were much more intensive.