Fourteenth Air Force. 3 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers knock out bridge near Suicheng
while 2 P-47 Thunderbolt fighters escorts hit nearby antiaircraft
positions. 70 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-47 Thunderbolt
fighters continue to disrupt Japanese withdrawal, attacking
transport, supply, and command targets, troops, bridges and
Japanese held points. The targets are near Hengyang, Paoching,
Kueiyangshih, Changsha, Kweilin, Lingling, Kukong, Hankow,
Siangtan, Isuho, Chiuchiang, Fahsien, Tanchuk, Lohochai, and
Luichow Peninsula. The fighters and bombers also hit shipping,
cement plant, airfield, and barracks area near Haiphong.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). Fifth Air Force fighters fly their
first mission over Japan, P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers destroying
floatplanes in Fukuoka harbour area. Fighter-bombers hit resistance
areas in Mankayan and Kiangan sectors. B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers bomb runways at Mandai and Limboeng airfields. B-24
Liberator heavy bombers pound Batu Kawa airstrip Southeast
of Kuching and defensive positions near Balikpapan in support
of Australian drive inland.
Twentieth Air Force. Air echelon of XX Bomber Command, including
General Joseph Smith, Commanding General, sails for Okinawa.
The rest of the command sails in 2 lots, on
12
July 1945 and
4
August 1945, leaving only a few small detachments in India-Burma.
58th Bomber Wing earlier sailed to the Marianas.
27
February 1945. 560 B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's drop
incendiaries on Kochi, Himeji, Takamatsu, and Tokushima, during
3-
4 July 1945.
26 others mine Shimonoseki Strait and waters at Funakawa and
Maizuru during the predawn hours of the
4
July 1945.
Seventh Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Guam attack water storage
buildings on Marcus. 36 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers from
Okinawa, attacking in two flights, hit Chiran airfield.
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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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