Twelfth Air Force. Weather prevents completion of XII Bomber
Command B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers missions against
Bologna marshalling yard and Bolzano railroad bridge, except
for 1 heavy bomber which bombs Bolzano. Tactical aircraft
operations are also severely curtailed by weather. Fighter-bombers
bomb and strafe motor transport in Benevento, Castera area.
United States Fifth Army is ready for assault on Naples and
Avellino. Castellamare di Stabia, Nocera, and Sala Consilina
are taken.
Fifth Air Force. The Wewak area is again hit, the 40 attacking
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers being escorted by 29 P-38 Lightning
fighters which claim 8 fighters shot down. A-20 Havoc light
bombers and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Vengeances attack
Finschhafen and Lae area. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and
P-39 fighters hit road near Bogadjim.
Thirteenth Air Force. 5 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
SB-24 Liberator heavy bombers snoopers attack convoy in North
Solomons waters and claim several damaging hits. The convoy
reverses its course.
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