Eighth Air Force. 523 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers hit docks and industrial area of Emden. 17 aircraft
are lost to enemy action.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters and A-36 Apache dive bomber attack Anzio, Nettuno, Viticuso, San Vittore
del Lazio, Pontecorvo, Acquafondata, railway siding at Arce,
tracks and junction North of Ostia, and railway between Ostia
and Lido di Roma. Weather causes abandonment of medium bombers
operations.
Fifteenth Air Force. All operations except weather reconnaissance
are cancelled or recalled because of bad weather.
Fourteenth Air Force. 14 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 10 P-40 fighters attack Shihshow
and Ansiang. 3 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Hankow airfield.
9 P-40 fighters intercept about 30 aeroplanes over Nanchang
shortly after the enemy force bombs Suichwan. The P-40 fighters
claim 10 aircraft shot down.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers bomb and strafe Borgen Bay area. B-25
Mitchell medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers hit
bivouacs and other installations near Fortification Point
and in Finschhafen area. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb
Makassar and Balikpapan.
Thirteenth Air Force. 16 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, in 2 waves, attack Kahili. Several
other B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit Arigua Plantation.
20 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb village and wharf area
at Tsirogei. 8 P-39 fighters bomb Tonolai. Several aircraft
on armed reconnaissance, operating individually or in small
flights, attack targets scattered throughout Bougainville
and Shortland area. Allied night fighters carry out strike
on Japanese bivouac along Jaba River. Others hit Buka and
Bonis.
T35
Torpedo boat
Launched 11 December 1943
R1
R-boat
Is stricken from naval records.
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Edited by Sir John Hamilton
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2194 Days Of War.
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