American missions against Gia Lam Airfield
September 3, 1942–December 29, 1944
September 25, 1942
(CATF) Four B-25s, escorted by ten P-40s, attack Hanoi, the strike force is intercepted by ten fighters but the B-25s place
several bombs on the runway at Gia Lam Airfield instead.
June 8, 1943
(14th AF) Seven B-24's and 6 B-25's, with P-40 escorts, are
dispatched to bomb shipping and dock installations at Haiphong. Bad
weather prevents striking the primary targets; alternates, including
Gia Lam Airfield.
August 31, 1943
(14th AF) Seven B-24's bomb Gia Lam Airfield.
October 8, 1943
(14th AF) NIne B-24's, supported by 20 P-40's, bomb Gia Lam
Airfield.
December 14, 1943
(14th AF) Six P-40's on armed reconnaissance strafe Gia Lam Airfield and railroad yard.
November 2, 1944
(14th AF) P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on armed
reconnaissance over N French Indochina attack targets of
opportunity including trains at Gia Lam.
November 9, 1944
(14th AF) P-40s, P-38s, and P-51s on armed reconnaissance
over wide expanses of N Indochina attack targets including Gia Lam.
November 27, 1944
(14th AF) Seventeen B-24s bomb Gia Lam.
November 28, 1944
(14th AF) Seventeen B-24s, escorted by 12 P-51s, bomb Gia Lam.
December 22, 1944
(14th AF) P-51s and P-40s on armed reconnaissance hit Gia Lam.
December 28, 1944
(14th AF) Twenty P-51s and P-38s attack Gia Lam Airfield, pounding
the barracks area, hangars, shops, and railroad facilities.
Decemer 29, 1944
(14th AF) 37 P-51s and P-40s on armed reconnaissance
attack Gia Lam Airfield.
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