Army Air Force. General Arnold requests of General Wedemeyer
that General Stratemeyer replace General Chennault as head
of Air Forces in China.
Fourteenth Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb road and rail supply movements
in Paoching and Hengyang areas. 2 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
and 4 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters severely damage bridge at
Linmingkuan. 54 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers, P-47 Thunderbolt
fighters, and P-61 Black Widow, night fighters hit road transport,
railroad, river traffic, gun positions, bridges, and targets
around Kukong, Hankow, Lingkuantien, Changsha, Yoyang, Loyunghsien,
Luchai, Hwangshapu, Kiyang, Kweilin, Kaifeng, and Shihkiachwang.
4 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters blast command centre at Puchou.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers, and
fighter-bombers pound Cagayan Valley targets and numerous
other objectives throughout North Luzon. Many of the strikes
support United States Sixth Army forces. B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers pound Balikpapan area oil targets and gun positions.
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters hit
Limbang town and sweep from Beaufort to Jesselton, hitting
Beaufort buildings, several command targets at various points,
and personnel areas at Labuan Island. B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers bomb industrial and railroad targets at Kiirun. P-38
Lightning fighters pound railroad bridge and trucks at Soton.
Twentieth Air Force. 450 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's bomb urban areas of Kagoshima,
Omuta, Hamamatsu, and Yokkaichi, with incendiaries, while
25 others mine Shimonoseki Strait and waters around Kobe all
during 17-
18
June 1945.
Seventh Air Force. 33 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from Ie Shima bomb and strafe shipping,
airfield, villages, bridge and radar and radio facilities
on Amami Gunto and Tokuno. During 17-
18
June 1945, 2 P-61 Black Widow, night
fighters from Ie Shima fly unsuccessful due to
weather intruder strike over Amami Gunto and Kyushu. This
begins a campaign of night and day intruder missions over
Kyushu Island and the Ryukyu Islands by the night fighters
12 more are flown during June 1945.
Eleventh Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb shipping near Kataoka. One
ship is observed exploding, another burns after a strafing
run. 4 other B-25 Mitchell medium bombers fly a shipping sweep
from Shimushu to Kurabu Cape. A number of vessels are sighted
but cannot be attacked because of land based antiaircraft.
R85
R-boat
Sunk 17 June 1945
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June
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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