Eighth Air Force. 36 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
medium bombers attack Beauvais, Tille airfield. Attacks of
medium bombers on Rouen power station and Beaumont-le-Roger
airfield are aborted because of failure to rendezvous with
fighters escort and bad weather, respectively.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-17
Flying Fortress heavy bombers of XII Bomber Command hit Viterbo
airfield and Salerno-Avellino road, while B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers bomb airfields at
Ciampino and Pratica di Mare. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
fire 75mm shells at small vessels and lighthouse near Capraia
and between Pianosa and Corsica. P-38 Lightning fighters on
Detached Service with Northwest African Tactical Air Force
(NATAF) strafe 4 satellite airfields at Foggia and bomb roads,
railroads, bridges, and towns in battle area. Seventh Army
forces take Altavilla, Persano, and Battipaglia without opposition.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers hit Pescara marshalling yard.
Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 7 P-40 fighters attack rail
yards and blast furnaces at Shihhweiyao.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) A-20
Havoc light bomber hit Tami Islands in Lae area. B-26 Marauder
medium bombers and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air planes
bomb and strafe Finschhafen.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb airfields and attack phosphate
plant and radio station on Nauru.
Seventh Air Force. 24 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, flying out of Funafuti and Canton
Island, bomb Betio, Maiana, and Abemama Islands in the Gilbert
chain during 18-
19
September 1943. This action is part of a coordinated Army
Navy attack on Tarawa, aimed at preventing Japanese attacks
on United States installations at Baker Island and in the
Ellice Islands.
Go To: 19th
September
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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