Twelfth Air Force. XII Air Force Services Command is disbanded
at Siena.
Fourteenth Air Force. 3 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers blast supply convoys moving through
Siang Chiang Valley. 43 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-38
Lightning fighters attack bridges, river craft, barracks road
traffic, and coastal shipping around Changsha, Hsinching,
Hamrong, Tonkin area, Cao Bang, Luichow Peninsula, and Nanchang.
2 bridges are knocked out and others damaged, airfields are
strafed at Vinh and Kiungshan.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers sweep Kyushu. B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers bomb Canton. Other B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
bomb Toshien while A-26 Invader light bombers hit numerous
targets at Tamazato. P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers hit targets
along West Formosan coast. Fighter-bombers hit pillboxes East
of Iguig, attack concentrations in Bontoc-Kiangan area, and
support ground forces East of Manila. Town of Kiangan falls
to 6th Infantry Division, but resistance in area continues.
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers over Negros Island in support
of ground forces bomb concentration Northeast of Mount Mandalagan.
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers destroy Tandjung barrack area.
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers hit Donggala warehouses.
Twentieth Air Force. During 12-
13
July 1945, 453 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber's drop incendiaries on Utsonomiya, Ichinomiya,
Tsuruga, and Uwajima. 53 others bomb petroleum centre at Kawasaki.
Seventh Air Force. Headquarters Seventh Air Force on Okinawa
is declared open by General Order on this date. 47 B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers from Okinawa, failing to bomb primary (Tsuiki)
because of clouds attack airfields on Kikaiga Island at Amami
Gunto. 2 Okinawa based B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Byu
and Miyazaki airfields during the night. 50 B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers bomb Kanoya airfield and town of Aburatsu on
Kyushu and Tokuno airfield on Tokuno Island. Chiran airfield
is pounded by 70 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and A-26 Invader
light bombers. This is first strike against Japan by Seventh
Air Force A-26 Invader light bombers. 2 more A-26 Invader
light bombers hit Ibusuki seaplane station.
Eleventh Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers on shipping sweep bomb and strafe
a freighter. 1 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers is lost.
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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