Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) medium
bombers hit Orte, concentrating on marshalling yard. Light
bombers attack road bridge South West of Pontecorvo in front
of United States Fifth Army lines. P-40 fighter-bombers hit
bridges South of Roccasecca and East of Atina. A-36 Apache dive bomber destroy
bridge at Ceprano and bomb railroad yards, town area, and
highway at Sora, and docks and town area of Civitavecchia.
Fifteenth Air Force. More than 150 United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers and B-24
Liberator heavy bombers, with fighters escorts, bomb Kalamaki,
Eleusis, and Tatoi airfields. Heavy bombers claim 10 fighters
shot down.
Fourteenth Air Force. 13 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, with fighters escort, bomb Shasi.
6 P-40 fighters on armed reconnaissance strafe Gia Lam airfield
and railroad yard. 2 others strafe supply trucks South of
Tengchung.
Fifth Air Force. In heaviest raid to date in SWPA, 228 B-24
Liberator heavy bombers, B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, and
A-20 Havoc light bombers bomb Arawe in an almost continuous
attack from 0645 to 1548. Gasmata is hit by B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers. P-39 fighters
strafe barges along Huon Peninsula. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
on armed reconnaissance hit Saidor, Gasmata, and Unea.
Thirteenth Air Force. 18 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, with fighters support, bomb
positions on Sohano Island. 18 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
and 8 fighters hit Manob village East of Buka Passage. Other
Thirteenth Air Force fighters hit gun positions, command targets,
and other targets at scattered points in Bougainville-Shortland
areas and cover Navy dive bomber strikes against antiaircraft
positions in Chabai area.
Seventh Air Force. 16 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, flying out of bases in Ellice
Islands, bomb Maloelap.
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2194 Days Of War.
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