Eighth Air Force. 86 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
heavy bombers hit aircraft works in main strike at Villacoublay.
Other planes bomb airfields at Conches and Evreux. 84 B-17
Flying Fortress heavy bombers, which had flown to North Africa
after attacking Regensburg on
17
August 1943, bomb Bordeaux on return flight to United
Kingdom.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). Northwest African Tactical
Air Force (NATAF) fighter and bombers hit railroad tunnel
and cruiser offshore at Sapri, tracks and buildings at Castrovillari,
and town area at Sibari. Desert Air Force (DAF) British Royal
Air Force (RAF) aeroplanes strafe motor transport North of
Reggio di Calabria and provide withdrawal cover for the Northwest
African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) fighters and bombers.
Fourteenth Air Force. 7 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and 6 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
, escorted by 22 P-40 fighters and P-38 Lightning fighters,
bomb airfields at Hankow and Wuchang. 4 B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers are lost. The heavy bombers, medium bombers, and fighters
claim 24 enemy interceptors shot down.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers thoroughly pound Wewak and bomb Salamaua.
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Larat and barges East of
Wotap.
Thirteenth Air Force. 25 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, with fighters escort, bomb Papatura
Fa Island and attack East shore of Ringa Cove. P-39 fighters
strafe barges at Kakasa.
Zone of Interior. Army Air Force Antisubmarine Command is
redesignated I Bomber Command after Army Air Force and United
States Navy (USN) reached agreement under which the Army Air
Force withdrew from antisubmarine operations; subsequently,
I Bomber Command, Second Air Force, is redesignated XX Bomber
Command.
Go To: 25th
August
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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