Eighth Air Force. 72 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-26 Marauder medium bombers attack Saint-Omer, Longuenesse
airfields.
Twelfth Air Force. About 90 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers of XII Bomber Command hit
Bologna marshalling yard; 14 others hit Bolzano railroad bridge.
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers
bomb airfields at Pisa, Lucca, and Bastia, Borgo, highway
at Mignano, road junction at Maddaloni, and railroad and road
bridges at Cancello Arnone, Caiazzo, and Ponte. United States
and The British Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft of Northwest
African Tactical Bomber Force (NATBF), XII A Support Command,
and Desert Air Force hit Serino (causing roadblock), troop
concentrations at Sarno, gun positions, troops, and vehicles
near Nocera, Aquino airfields, storage dump North of Foggia,
and a dredger at Termoli.
Fifth Air Force. Nearly 40 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, B-24 Liberator heavy bombers,
and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb installations and supply
lines from Bogadjim to villages on Ramu and Markham Rivers.
A-20 Havoc light bombers and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
aeroplanes pound positions near Finschhafen as Australian
9th Division, having crossed Buni River previous day, pushes
South toward the town. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb and
strafe antiaircraft positions at Rein Bay.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers join Navy torpedo bomber's and
SBD Dauntless dive bomber in pounding gun positions in areas
around Vila airfields and Disappointment Cove.
M372
Minesweeper
Launched 25 September 1943
Go To: 26th
September
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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