The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Venturas attacked shipping
at Rotterdam and railway yards at Abbeville by day. The British
Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers made another heavy night raid
on Berlin and also bombed Bochum in the Ruhr.
North Africa. In Southern Tunisia the British Eighth Army
troops occupied El Hamma and Gabes in the north the First
Army closed in on Sejenane.
In Burma. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers made night
raid cm Heho airfield.
In Australasia. Japanese air force bombers again raided Oro
Bay, New Guinea.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). Weather cancels all Northwest
African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) operations. Northwest
African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) fighters bomb and strafe
truck column South of Djebel Chemsi, troop concentration near
Mezzouna, and vehicles at other points along Tunisian battlefront.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers attack Sfax and El Maou area, scoring
hits on several parked aircraft. P-40 fighters fly escort
and fighter-bomber missions as British ground forces pursue
enemy North through Gabes. British Eighth Army completes occupation
of Mareth Line.
Fourteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-40 fighters strafe trucks at Bhamo and fuel drums at Chefang.
Fifth Air Force. A lone B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers
bombs Gasmata airfield while another attacks Mur-Weber Point
area.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers pound Buin and Kahili. P-38 Lightning fighters strafe
seaplane base at Faisi.
Eleventh Air Force. 7 medium bombers and heavy bombers, with
fighters escort, bomb and strafe Kiska runway and nearby Main
Camp area. Heavy antiaircraft fire damages 5 bombers and 2
P-38 Lightning fighters.
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The Second Great War.
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2194 Days Of War.
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