Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers blast Dong Anh railroad yards.
36 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters
hit river traffic, rail targets, coastal shipping, enemy positions,
trucks, and other targets around Viet Tri and other areas
of Indochina and near Yoyang, Suichwan, Lingling, Chikhom,
Kukong, and Dosing.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). Approximately 150 United States
Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, B-25
Mitchell medium bombers, and A-26 Invader light bombers, covered by 64 P-47 Thunderbolt
fighters, hit Shanghai area, airfields at Chiang Wan, Wusung,
and Lunghua, Shanghai docks, shipping on Whangpoo River, and
airstrips on Chusan Island. Other P-47 Thunderbolt fighters
attack various targets on Kyushu and P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
attack command lines, bridges, shipping, towns, and other
targets throughout Kyushu and the Ryukyus. P-38 Lightning
fighters hit command and transportation targets throughout
North part of Formosa while B-24 Liberator heavy bombers pound
airfield at Matsuvama. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Boetoeng
and Watampone, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit Jesselton,
and P-38 Lightning fighters attack Langkon. P-38 Lightning
fighters hit Japanese concentration along Kibawe trail.
United States Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF).
United States Army Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific (USASTAF)
is established at Guam under General Spaatz.
Eleventh Air Force. 2 routine search and weather sorties are
flown.
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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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