Fourteenth Air Force. 25 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-40 fighters attack bridges,
troops, gun positions, rail traffic, river craft, coastal
shipping, and various scattered targets at or near Nanchang,
Kweiyi, Puchi, Tanchuk, and Luichow Peninsula.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers sweep Kyushu. B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers bomb Shinchiku airfield. B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers and
fighter-bombers pound troop concentrations and defences in
Cagayan Valley. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers pound troop concentrations
on Negros Island. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and P-38 Lightning
fighters pound highway targets in Balikpapan area.
Twentieth Air Force. During 11-
12
July 1945, 25 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber's mine Shimonoseki Strait and waters at Miyazu,
Maizuru, Obama Island and, in the first B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber operation to Korea, at Pusan and Najin.
Seventh Air Force. During 11-
12
July 1945, 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers from Okinawa attack Byu and Miyazaki airfields.
Eleventh Air Force. 5 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers radar-bomb Kataoka. 4 B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers fly shipping sweep and bomb Otomae Bay fishery,
scoring hits among the buildings.
Go To: 12th
July
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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