Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers bomb bridges at or
near Piana, Castelvenere, Amorosi, and Cancello Arnone. P-38
Lightning fighters bomb Ausonia defile and bridge near San
Apollinare. United States and The British Royal Air Force
(RAF) tactical aircraft hit town of San Giorgio del Sannio
and roads in the area South of Benevento. United States Fifth
Army opens attack on Avellino during 29-
30
September 1943. General Eisenhower and Marshal Badoglio sign
Italian surrender document on HMS Nelson off Malta.
Fourteenth Air Force. 9 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Myitkyina and Sadon during
routine ferry trips over the Hump.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers on armed reconnaissance attack scattered
shipping in Netherlands East Indies (NEI) and Solomon and
Bismarck Seas.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-40 fighters, P-38 Lightning fighters, and P-39 fighters
join Navy fighters in supporting a strike by Navy dive bombers
on barge depot at Kakasa. Other P-40 fighters strafe and set
afire a barge off Sambi Point.
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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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