SUNDAY, 23 APRIL 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Three B-24s fly weather and photographic reconnaissance
within 100 miles of the Kuriles and photograph Matsuwa.
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 24 P-51s, 8 B-25s and 51 RAF Vengeances
attack Thetkegyin, Manipur bridge, Tiddim road and Japanese positions at Indaw.
12 P-38s hit Kangaung Airfield near Meiktila; and 21 B-24s bomb railroads and
jetties at Moulmein and Martaban.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 14 P-40s pound an artillery post at
Sienning and cavalry forces at Kuan-Fou-Chiao; 2 P-40s strafe barracks S of
Tengchung and 2 P-38s hit a truck convoy and barracks south of Chiengmai. Four P-40s
blast a motor pool at Lashio.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): HQ 58th Bombardment Wing (Very
Heavy) moves from Chakulia to Kharagpur.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-24s based at Kwajalein hit Truk and Wotje. Makin based B-25s hit Ponape, Jaluit and Maloelap.
SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): Weather again curtails strikes,
but several fighter-bombers hit Tobera and 20+ B-25s blast Matupi. 72d Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, moves from Makin to Haleiwa Field with P-39Qs.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): B-24s continue to hit airstrips
on Noemfoor; they claim 14 air victories. 90+ B-24s
bomb Wewak Airfield, Boram Airfield and But Airfield, a road near Boram, and track and villages
south of Dagua while 80+ B-24s, B-25s, and A-20s pound AA positions, airfields,
stores and troop concentrations along Hansa Bay. Throughout the day A-20s,
P-47s, P-38s, and P-39s pound various targets along Hansa Bay, in the Wewak area, and in the vicinity of Uligan Harbor and Cape Croisilles. 20+ B-24s
of the Thirteenth Air Task Force bomb airfield and supply areas on Woleai
Atoll. 39th Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier
Group, moves from Port Moresby to Finschhafen with C-47s.
U.S. Army: American troops capture Hollandia, Tumleo and Selo Islands,
and objectives around Tadji.
