Twelfth Air Force. More than 150 United States Army Air Force
(USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers bomb Wiener Neustadt and railroad tracks and
installations and bridges at Friedberg and Ebenfurth. Weather
severely curtails Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force
(NATBF) missions and XII A Support Command operation in support
of ground forces. Fighter-bombers attack Gaeta and bomb small
vessels on Dalmatian coast at Opuzen.
Fourteenth Air Force. 6 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb city of Tungling, claim
8 intercepting Zeros shot down.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters and P-39 fighters intercept escorted bomber force
dropping supplies over Sattelberg area. The United States
fighters claim 12 aeroplanes downed. A-20 Havoc light bombers
hit harbour and supply dump area at Gasmata.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers pound Kahili and Kara airfields.
P-40 fighters over Kahili claim 3 Zeros shot down. P-38 Lightning
fighters, P-40 fighters, and P-39 fighters, plus some Royal
New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-40 fighters and P-39 fighters,
cover landing by New Zealand troops on Stirling and Mono Islands.
The fighters claim destruction of 12 Japanese dive bombers
attacking the landing force and afterwards claim 3 fighters
shot down.
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October
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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