Fourteenth Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit supply movements on Paoching
Hengyang road. 41 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers attack bridges,
shipping, road transport, power facilities, and railroad traffic,
knocking out bridges near Siangtan, Changsha, and Suchow.
Rail, road and river traffic is attacked near Yoyang, Hengyang,
Kuanyang, Shou-yang, Peking, and Linfen. Power plant at Uong
Bi is heavily damaged.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers, and
fighter-bombers hit personnel and supply targets in Cagayan
Valley and East of Manila, and support ground forces in Cervantes
sector. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Balikpapan gun emplacements,
Tawau, and Samarinda, while B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit
Brunei Bay area and fighter-bombers attack Miri, Jesselton,
Keningau airfields and North Borneo targets. 90 B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers pound Kiirun harbour and town of Takao. 3 B-32's
bomb Taito.
Seventh Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-61
Black Widow, night fighters arrive on Ie Shima and take over
night heckler missions against Kyushu from the P-47 Thunderbolt
fighters. Other P-61 Black Widow, night fighters fly night
intruder missions over Amami Gunto, bombing various targets.
38 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from Ie Shima dive-bomb boats,
antiaircraft positions, runways, and buildings on Kikai Island.
Eleventh Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb and strafe shipping off
Suribachi Bay and a radar site on Minami Cape. One of the
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers crashes into the water. 4 B-25
Mitchell medium bombers on a shipping strike score near misses
on a freighter in Asahi Bay and bomb targets along the Torishima
Chain. Mechanical failures force 2 of the B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers to fly to Petropavlovsk.
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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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