Eighth Air Force. Over 40 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-26 Marauder medium bombers bomb Beauvais, Tille airfield.
Bad weather causes more than 20 medium bombers to abort.
Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortress
heavy bombers hit bridge and town area at Benevento. B-25
Mitchell medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers hit
landing craft and ferry near Elba and bridges at Cancello
Arnone and Capua. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers on Detached
Service from Eighth Air Force bomb Leghorn and Bastia. Medium
bombers and fighter-bombers of Northwest African Tactical
Bomber Force (NATBF) and XII A Support Command hit town areas,
troop concentrations, trucks and tanks, and targets in Solofra,
Avellino, Benevento areas.
Ninth Air Force. Headquarters IX Fighter Command at Tripoli
closes.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) A-20
Havoc light bombers, B-26 Marauder medium bombers, and Royal
Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft hit Tami Islands and
pound Finschhafen in preparation for Allied amphibious assault
on following day. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb and strafe
Bogadjim area. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers hit Cape Gloucester
and a freighter near Talasea. A-20 Havoc light bombers, and
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft bomb Gasmata. B-25
Mitchell medium bombers attack Langgoer.
Fourteenth Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 8 P-40 fighters attack railroad
yards and warehouses at Chiuchiang, causing considerable destruction.
Thirteenth Air Force. 20 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb runway and revetment area
at Buka Island airfield. About 20 Japanese fighters intercept.
2 Zeros are shot down.
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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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