Ninth Air Force. 5 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) A-20
Havoc light bombers bomb Cherbourg, Maupertus airfield.
Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers bomb Genoa marshalling yard and nearby Sampierdarena
and Genoa Ansaldo steel works. B-17 Flying Fortress heavy
bombers bomb Savona and Varazze, Porto Maurizio, and Imperia
marshalling yard. Weather reduces efforts of Northwest African
Tactical Air Force (NATAF) elements. Northwest African Tactical
Bomber Force (NATBF) B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Frosinone.
Fighter-bombers, mainly of XII A Support Command, hit bridges,
junctions, shipping, marshalling yard, gun positions, and
vehicles at several locations, including Giulianova, Ancona,
Ortona, Sessa Aurunca, Mignano, and Cassino.
Fourteenth Air Force. 7 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 12 P-40 fighters pound motor
pool and barracks at Shayang. 9 P-38 Lightning fighters hit
Chiuchiang dock area. 2 interceptors are shot down.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers strafe barges in Rein Bay.
Thirteenth Air Force. Kara airfield is bombed by 16 B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers and shortly afterwards is hit by 90 Navy dive
bombers escorted by Navy and Army Air Force fighters. Airstrip
and other targets at Kieta are attacked by 6 B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers, 12 P-39 fighters and Navy aircraft. Tonolai
harbour area is hit by 8 P-40 fighters and 17 Navy planes.
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The Second Great War.
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The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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