Fourteenth Air Force. 25 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters bomb
or strafe ammunition and supply dumps, river, road, and rail
traffic, and coastal shipping around Laohokow, Hung Yen, Bac
Ninh, Tinpak, Hongay, Mon Cay, Vinh, Koyiu, and Yutze.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). On this date Seventh Air Force
officially joins Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces as part of
Far East Air Force (FEAF). A-26 Invader light bombers hit Taiharo refinery and
warehouse area. P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers over West coast
blast railroad targets. P-47 Thunderbolt fighters sweep North
China coast and attack coastal cargo vessels North West of
Tinghai. Fighter-bombers support ground forces in Mankayan
and Kiangan areas and hit enemy positions in Ipo-Infanta sector.
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers support ground forces on Negros
Island, bombing area Northeast of Mount Mandalagan. Other
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb airstrips at Boeloedowang,
Limboeng, Mapanget, and Tanamon and Japanese Headquarters
at Sindjai.
Seventh Air Force. The Seventh is assigned from Army Air Forces,
Pacific Ocean Areas (AAFPOA) and overall operational control
by the Navy to Far East Air Force (FEAF). Seventh Air Force
units in the Ryukyus, operating under Tactical Air Force,
Ryukyus (Tenth Army Tactical Air Force) since April when first
element of the Headquarters Seventh Air Force arrived, are
now under operational control of Headquarters Seventh Air
Force which opens in Okinawa on this clate. Move from Saipan
takes place between
18
June 1945 and
28
July 1945.
VII Fighter Command. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
fighters from Iwo Jima sent on strike against Meiji and Kagamigahara
abort because of weather.
Go To: 15th
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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