June 14, 1944
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WEDNESDAY, 14 JUNE 1944

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Four B-24s fly extensive photo reconnaissance over the central and north Kuriles; they are attacked by about 20 fighters of which 3 are damaged.

BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): A few P-40s hit the Mogaung, Burma area. In India, 21 B-25s continue ammunition supply to the Imphal vicinity; and 436th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Majhaiganj to Tezgaon with B-24s.

CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 43 P-40s attack river shipping, troops and villages in the Tungting Lake area, at or near Lanchi, Changsha, Chulianchiao and Linyang.

SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): 80+ B-25s, P-38s, P-39s and USN aircraft hit supply areas and underground storages along the north shore of Gazelle Peninsula from Vulcan Crater to Vunapope; Ralum, Keravia Bay and Vunapope stores are the hardest hit. P-39s fly twenty-seven sorties along the eastern shoreline of Bougainville from Bonis to Kieta, hitting Monoitu, Bonis and a pier at Kieta Mission.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, A-20s, B-25s and P-39s hit the Wewak area; B-24s bomb Kamiri Airfield; A-20s hit the airfield at Babo, the Orai River bridge, and fuel dumps and other targets near the river's mouth. B-24s bomb Halong Seaplane Base. Lost on a recon mission is B-24J 42-73197 (MIA). Lost on a local test hop was P-47D 42-76033 (MIA).