Eighth Air Force. 68 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-26 Marauder medium bombers bomb Woensdrecht airfield. 352
heavy bombers strike industrial areas at Anklam and Marienburg,
Kriegsmarine U-boat yards at Danzig, and port area at Gdynia.
28 heavy bombers are lost.
Twelfth Air Force. XII Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortress
heavy bombers bomb airfields at Larissa, Athens, Salonika,
and Argos. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers hit Kastelli, Pediada
airfields. P-38 Lightning fighters fly sweep between island
of Corfu and Dubrovnik, and escort shipping in Karpathos Straits.
XII A Support Command does not operate, but Northwest African
Tactical Bomber Force (NATBF) and Desert Air Force (DAF) hit
traffic in Terrnoli and Montenero area, guns North of Capua,
Headquarters at Palata, and roads and railroads North of Naples.
Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers on shipping sweep off Southeast
China coast in Amoy Quemoy area sink a 150 ft tanker and damage
a patrol vessel, and a freighter. 1 medium bombers crashes
into a hill and explodes. 10 P-40 fighters bomb fuel storage
and barracks at Mangshih. Island P-40 is downed by ground
fire.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) A-20
Havoc light bombers and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
aeroplanes bomb and strafe defensive positions in Sattelberg
and Finschhafen areas. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Makassar.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and P-40 fighters hit barges
and concentrations on West Choiseul. P-39 fighters and Navy
F4U Corsair fighter strafe buildings, radar station, and gun positions at
Poporang Island.
Eleventh Air Force. 12 Kuril based enemy bombers attack Attu.
Stuttgart
C Hospital ship
Sunk on 9 October 1943
M386
Minesweeper
Commissioned 9 October 1943
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The War Illustrated.
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2194 Days Of War.
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