Ninth Air Force. 20 Luftwaffe aircraft attack 4 Ninth Air
Force airfields in United Kingdom (Gosfield, Andrews Field,
Earls Colne, and Great Dunmow), killing 8 and wounding more
than 20 men.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters and A-36 Apache dive bomber attack oil tanks, warehouses, railroads,
and vessel at Civitavecchia, town of Acquafondata, and (with
The British Royal Air Force (RAF), South African Air Force
(SAAF), and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aeroplanes)
hit tactical targets along British Eighth Army front, and
later strafe road traffic in Canosa Sannita-Chieti area. Fighters
also bomb vessel in harbour at Split.
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces (MAAF). Mediterranean Allied
Air Forces (MAAF) is established on
20
December 1943).
Fifteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, with fighters escort, bomb marshalling
yard at Sofia. B-26 Marauder medium bombers hit bridge approaches
West and East of Ventimiglia. P-38 Lightning fighters fly
weather reconnaissance in Sofia and Zara areas.
Fourteenth Air Force. 12 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 16 P-40 fighters attack marshalling
yard at Hanoi. Warehouse area and railroad station suffer
heavy damage. Japanese aircraft bomb Hengyang airfield. 8
P-40 fighters intercept 1 wave of aeroplanes over the field,
shooting down 3 of them. 2 P-40 fighters are lost in the combat.
Fifth Air Force. 27 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers bomb targets at Cape Gloucester and
Huon Peninsula. 40 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and B-26 Marauder
medium bombers bomb supply and bivouac areas and bridges along
Bogadjim Road. P-39 fighters strafe barges in Madang area.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Kahili supply area and airfield.
P-39 fighters bomb supply area and antiaircraft positions
at Tonolai and strafe 4 barges in the harbour. B-34 Lexington bomber hit
buildings at Arigua Plantation.
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December
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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