Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command P-38 Lightning fighters,
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, and B-26 Marauder medium bombers
bomb road and rail and road bridges at Ausonia, Piana, Castelvenere,
Amorosi, and Capua, and carry out sweeps from Bastia to Elba
Island. 7 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit Benevento and surrounding
rail and road comm. XII A Support Command Fighter and bomber's
carry out strafing and bombing missions North and Northeast
of Naples as Avellino falls to United States 3d Division.
Fourteenth Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 4 P-40 fighters claim heavy
damage to gunboat at Fort Bayard.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers fly
light raids against Boela, Sorong, and Manatuto.
Thirteenth Air Force. 16 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, covered by 20 P-38 Lightning
fighters and P-40 fighters and a few Navy F4U Corsair fighter,
pound Kahili airfield area, hitting supply and bivouack area
Northeast of the strip. 6 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb
Kakasa.
Henschel Hs
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was used against the Royal Navy's landing craft HMS LST 79
which was sunk at Ajaccio, France.
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