Fourteenth Air Force. 14 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-51 Mustang fighter-bombers damage bridge near Singtai and
attack barracks, river craft, fuel dumps, trucks and other
targets around Taohsien, Lingling, Liuchow, and Kaifeng.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
fighter-bombers again pound Cagayan Valley area and support
ground forces East of Manila. Heavy bombers bomb Labuan Island
and Brooketon in coordination with landings of Australian
9th Division on shore of Brunei Bay and on islands of Labuan
and Muara.
Twentieth Air Force. 280 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's, some escorted by P-51 Mustang
fighter-bombers of VII Fighter Command, bomb aircraft plants
at Tominka. Chiba and Ogikubo, seaplane base at Kasumigaura,
Tachikawa Army Air Arsenal, and engineering works at Hitachi.
The fighters claim 26 fighters downed.
Seventh Air Force. 39 Ie Shima based United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) P-47 Thunderbolt fighters sweeping Kyushu, strafe
numerous ground targets, and claim 17 aircraft shot down.
Eleventh Air Force. 2 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers fly with Navy aircraft on shipping
attack and hit a small cargo vessel.
Go To: 11th
June
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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