Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers bomb Garitsa airfield and P-38 Lightning fighters
hit vessel in Corfu can. XII A Support Command and Northwest
African Tactical Bomber Force (NATBF) operations are cancelled
or aborted due to weather, but Desert Air Force (DAF) fighters
hit trains, trucks, and gun positions near Montesilvano and
Vasto.
Fourteenth Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb town areas of Tengchung,
Sadon, and Myitkyina.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers attack towns of Manokwari, Bira, and
Fak Fak and score hits on small vessel at Fak Fak. B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers bomb Cape Chater airfield and Lautem during
11-
12 October
1943.
Thirteenth Air Force. 22 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers join 30 plus Navy dive bombers
in pounding Kahili airfield and nearby area. Hits are scored
on the airstrip, fuel dumps, supply areas, gun positions,
bridges between Kangu and Jakohina, barges at mouth of Uguima
River, and several other targets. The heavy bombers and the
Navy and Army Air Force fighters covering the attack claim
12 aeroplanes downed. 1 fighters are shot down, and the attackers
retire in the direction of Canton without dropping their bombs.
M307
Minesweeper
Commissioned 11 October 1943
Go To: 12th
October
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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