Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortress
heavy bombers bomb Mestre marshalling yard while B-26 Marauder
medium bombers hit highway chokepoint at Isernia, highway
at Mignano, and road junction at Formia. P-38 Lightning fighters
strafe Araxos airfield. Northwest African Tactical Bomber
Force (NATBF) planes on road blocking missions hit targets
at Teano, at Alfedena, between Cassino and Capua, and near
Sessa Aurunca. XII A Support Command P-40 fighters and A-36 Apache dive bomber
attack roads and vehicles North of United States Fifth Army
battle zone and patrol Naples area. Fifth Army reaches South
bank of Volturno River. Capua falls to British units.
Fourteenth Air Force. 7 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-40 fighters from Suichwan intercept an attacking force of
27 bombers and 21 Zeros. 1 bomber and mainly in Isernia area
and North to Avezzano. British King's Dragoon Guards (with
United States Fifth Army) occupy Naples. British Eighth Army
troops occupy Foggia airfields.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers sweep along coastal areas of New Britain
and through islands to the North and West, bombing and strafing
targets.
Thirteenth Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-39 fighters and 8 Navy F4U Corsair fighter strafe barges off West coast
of Choiseul. 24 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 14 P-38 Lightning
fighters carry out low-level strike against Kahili airfields,
damaging or destroying several parked aircraft.
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2194 Days Of War.
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