Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, with fighters escort, bomb railroad
yards at Kuanshuishih. 29 fighters attack bridges, rail and
road traffic, river craft, and targets in general around Fenglochen,
Liuchow, Samshui, Luchai, Lipu, Leiyang, and Kweilin.
Far East Air Force (FEAF). United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers, A-20 Havoc light bombers and
fighter-bombers hit Cagayan Valley targets and pound forces
East of Manila in Ipo-Infanta areas and various targets North
of Baguio. Ground support strikes are flown in Marikina River
sector. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers support ground forces
on Tarakan Island and bomb Kota Baru, Laoet Island, and Tawau.
P-38 Lightning fighters hit Beaufort while B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers support ground forces in Brunei Bay sector.
Twentieth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
Combat crews of 509th Composite Group begin to arrive at North
Field, Tinian, with their B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's.
26 B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber's mine Shimonoseki Strait
and Tsuruga Bay.
VII Fighter Command. Iwo Jima based United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) fighters hit Tokorozawa. Pilots attacking the
airfield claim 18 parked aeroplanes destroyed and over 30
damaged.
Eleventh Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers on shipping sweep over the Kurils
do not find targets because of overcast and instead radar
bomb installations on Kurabu Cape and in Kataoka areas.
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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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