Fourteenth Air Force. 5 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers knock out 2 bridges in Sinantien
area. 14 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers and P-38 Lightning fighters
knock out bridges near Hengyang and Sinshih, damage bridge
near Chihsien, and attack shipping and railroad targets around
Hankow, Lukou, Sinshih, and Dong Hoi.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-38 Lightning fighters and P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers fly
ground support in Iguig area of Cagayan River Valley and hit
Sabangan. Nearly 50 P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers are weathered
out of Kyushu sweep. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Okaseki,
Toyohara, and Takao airfields. A-26 Invader light bombers
attack Karenko. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and P-38 Lightning
fighters supporting Australian forces, hit Japanese forces
in areas near Balikpapan, Manggar, and Sepinggang. (Australian
and Dutch forces complete encirclement of Balikpapan Bay).
Other heavy bombers hit Samarinda shipyards. B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers in support of operations in Brunei Bay area
bomb Japanese occupied area East of Beaufort.
Twentieth Air Force. During 9-
10
July 1945, 475 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-29 Superfortress
heavy bomber's attack Sendai, Sakai, Gifu, and Wakayama with
incendiaries. 61 bomb oil refinery at Yokkaichi, and 31 mine
Shimonoseki Strait and waters at Niigata and Nanao.
Seventh Air Force. 43 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Okinawa bomb Omura airfield
(1 other bombs airfield on Kikai Island. 50 Okinawa based
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit Tokuno airfield on Tokuno
Island.
VII Fighter Command. 100 Iwo Jima based United States Army
Air Force (USAAF) fighters hit tactical targets at Itami,
Hamamatsu, Aichi, and Washinomiya, claiming 12 air victories
and 5 parked aeroplanes destroyed.
Go To: 10th
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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