Twelfth Air Force. General Myers assumes command of Twelfth
Air Force.
Fifteenth Air Force. General Mollison assumes command of Fifteenth
Air Force.
Fourteenth Air Force. 12 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and 6 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers
damage 2 bridges North of Hankow. 4 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
hit railroad targets around Lohochai and between Kinkiang
and Kioshan. 3 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers attack truck convoys
in Siangtan and Paoching areas and along Paoching Hengyang
Changsha highway. 80 fighter-bombers over several areas in
South and East China continue to harass Japanese movements,
attacking troops and positions and hitting rail and road traffic.
Japanese complete withdrawal from Yungning, severing land
connection with Indochina. Chinese retake Nanning.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters sweep
West part of Formosa causing extensive damage to a variety
of command and industrial targets. A-20 Havoc light bombers
and fighter-bombers pound numerous Luzon targets, particularly
in Balete Pass area. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Tuguegarao
and Echague. Fighter-bombers also support ground forces on
Cebu. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers,
and fighter-bombers hit Tarakan Island, Beaufort, Weston,
Tenom, Trusan Haji, Sandakan, and Jesselton.
Twentieth Air Force. During 26-
27
May 1945, 29 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber's mine waters in Shimonoseki Strait and at Fushiki,
Fukuoka, and Karatsu.
Seventh Air Force. 16 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-47 Thunderbolt fighters from Saipan strafe airfields on
Moen, seaplane base on Dublon, and several targets. 10 Guam
based B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb airfields on Marcus.
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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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