A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks
an United States ship carrying a mustard gas stockpile, causing
many fatalities.
Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF). Combined Chiefs of
Staff authorises Allied Expeditionary Air Force (AEAF) to
attack sky sites in Pas de Calais area and on Cherbourg Peninsula,
which The British Royal Air Force (RAF) photography and British
intelligence have virtually identified as missile-launching
sites.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers, and The
British Royal Air Force (RAF) light bombers support ground
forces in Monte Trocchio area, and other B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers, and The British Royal Air
Force (RAF) and South African Air Force (SAAF) aeroplanes
support ground forces near Sant' Ambrogio. More B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers hit bridge and approaches near Chieti. Fighters
strafe trucks and trains while fighter-bombers blast gun positions
along United States Fifth and British Eighth Army fronts,
and hit harbours and shipping along Yugoslav coast at or near
Omis, Drvenicki, Trogir, Vrbnik, and Ston.
Fifteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, with fighters escort, bomb town
area, railroad bridge, and marshalling yard at Bolzano. B-26
Marauder medium bombers achieve excellent results in raid
on bridge South of Orvieto and marshalling yard at Arezzo.
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers blast Kriegsmarine U-boat
pens at Marseille.
Fourteenth Air Force. 18 Japanese bombers and 30 Zeros attack
Suichwan airfield. 9 P-40 fighters intercept, shooting down
1 Japanese aeroplane. 2 P-40 fighters are lost. 6 P-40 fighters
on armed reconnaissance bomb villages between Sha Nyao and
Chiao Tou Chieh. 16 others bomb Japanese positions Northeast
of Changte.
Fifth Air Force. 50 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers pound Borgen Bay area. 20 B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers hit enemy
forces in Finschhafen area. Sio area is bombed by 2 B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers.
Thirteenth Air Force. 20 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit Malai and attack positions
on Porror River and Rigu Mission at Kieta. More than 20 B-24
Liberator heavy bombers bomb Korovo. Fighter patrol strafes
Chabai area.
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
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2194 Days Of War.
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