Twelfth Air Force. XII A Support Command and Desert Air Force
(DAF) fighters carry out uneventful armed reconnaissance.
Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force (NATBF) hits Porto
Civitanova railway junction, Pedaso, Giulianova, and Loreto.
Fifteenth Air Force. Weather cancels all bomber operations.
Operations are restricted to weather reconnaissance from Decimomannu
to Cape Linaro.
Fourteenth Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit warehouses and barracks on
Nampang Island. Weather prevents completion of several other
scheduled missions.
Fifth Air Force. 50 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers pound
Japanese positions in Sattelberg area and sink or damage at
least 10 luggers in Hansa Bay. A-20 Havoc light bombers hit
Lae area. 50 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Gasmata.
Thirteenth Air Force. 45 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, B-34 Lexington bomber, and P-38 Lightning fighters
attack Bonis airfield. A few other B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
strafe coastal villages in Empress Augusta Bay region.
Zone of Interior. XX Bomber Command is officially activated
with Headquarters at Smoky Hill Army Air Field.
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November
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
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2194 Days Of War.
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