Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortress
heavy bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers bomb Castelnuovo
road junction, town of Formia, Torre Annunziata area roads,
and roads and railroad South West of Sarno. XII A Support
Command A-36 Apache dive bomber attack and disperse enemy tank and troop concentrations
forming near Nocera for a counterattack. Other United States
and The British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft of Northwest
African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) hit enemy movement Avellino,
Naples, Potenza, Benevento, Calabritto, Pomigliano, Pescopagano
areas. United States Seventh Army starts into mountains North
of Salerno.
Ninth Air Force. 98th and 376th Bomber Groups, along with
43d Service Group and several Military Police and engineer
units, are to be transferred to Twelfth Air Force, effective
on their arrival in Tunis. IX Bomber Command makes its last
raid on Italy. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers of 98th and 376th
Bomber Groups are dispatched against Castelfranco Veneto marshalling
yard. Clouds obscure target, but 98th Group drops bombs on
estimated time of arrival. 376th bombs marshalling yard and
airfield at Pescara during return trip.
Tenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers bomb Sagaing and Naba.
Fourteenth Air Force. 27 Japanese bombers and 20 fighters
attack airfields at Kunming. 24 P-40 fighters and 3 P-38 Lightning
fighters intercept, claiming 17 aeroplanes shot down. 1 United
States fighters is lost. Damage to the airfield is negligible.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers and B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers
hit roads from Kaiapit to Madang, destroying 3 key bridges.
P-39 fighters strafe and dive-bomb Bogadjim-Yaula area. B-24
Liberator heavy bombers bomb Wewak and Boram airfields. B-25
Mitchell medium bombers hit Penfoei.
Thirteenth Air Force. 1st Lieutenant Henry Meigs II (6th Night
Fighter Squadron), flying a P-38 Lightning fighters against
Japanese night attackers over Bougainville, shoots down 2
aircraft within 60 seconds.
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