Ninth Air Force. 83 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-26
Marauder medium bombers bomb Beroksur Mer and Saint-Omer,
Longuenesse airfields.
Twelfth Air Force. Weather limits operations to fighters patrols
of battle area.
Fourteenth Air Force. 13 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, 24 P-40 fighters, and 7 P-51
Mustang fighter-bombers pound Yoyang railroad yards and warehouse
area. 8 other P-40 fighters, on armed reconnaissance over
Hanshow area, strafe barges, boats, supplies, and cavalry
forces.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers and A-20 Havoc light bombers hit villages
around Finschhafen. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers attack convoy
near Halmahera Island and sink 1 vessel.
South Pacific (SOPAC). General Hubert Harmon assumes duties
as Deputy Commander for Air in South Pacific (SOPAC).
Thirteenth Air Force. Colonel Earl W Barnes assumes command
of XIII Fighter Command. Chabai is attacked by 23 B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers, 6 B-34 Lexington bomber, and 24 Navy F4U Corsair fighter. 2 B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers bomb the same targets later in the day. 19 B-24
Liberator heavy bombers hit Bonis and Buka airfields. 4 B-25
Mitchell medium bombers on shipping sweep, bomb and strafe
villages along Bougainville coast between Mabiri and Luluai.
Seventh Air Force. 6 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Nukufetau bomb Emidj and
Jabor on Jaluit Atoll.
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2194 Days Of War.
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