SATURDAY, 13 MAY 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): A single B-25 flies a shipping strike and strafes two fishing
vessels.
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, nearly 100 P-40s and P-51s over the
Mogaung Valley hit gun positions, bridges, support ground forces (near Nanyaseik)
and hit numerous targets of opportunity throughout the whole valley; 12 A-36s
hit positions near Maungdaw; 19 B-25s pound several points along the road and
bomb troop concentrations at Bishenpur; 30+ B-24s, B-25s, A-36s, and P-51s hit Indaw, Taungbaw and Mohnyin; and 11 B-25s bomb Monywa.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 19 B-25s hit storage and warehouse areas
at Mangshik and Lungling, a bridge at Hsenwi, truck and tank concentrations
SW of Loyang, and town area of Lungling; 39 P-40s hit military installations
at Mengta and Tating, a village N of Kaitou bridge at Tingka and a truck concentration
at Yingyangchen.
STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 771st Bombardment Squadron (Very
Heavy), 462d Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy), arrives at Piardoba from
the US with B-29s; first mission is 5 Jun.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-24s staging through Eniwetok from Kwajalein bomb Truk during the early morning hours.
Other B-24s from Kwajalein bomb Maloelap and Jaluit.
B-25s from Engebi hit Ponape.
SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): Fifty plus
P-39s and P-40s attack piers at Ratsua, Porton, Chabai, and Tarlena; Thirty plus
fighter-bombers hit various targets, including a supply area southeast of Bonis, Chabai town, a
village near Ibu, and huts and villages along the Numa Numa Trail; 3 B-25s
hit coastal guns at Hahela Mission. Twenty-one B-25s and 40+
P-39s, P-40s, and P-38s pound supply areas at Talili Bay. Fighter sweeps over
N New Britain and New Ireland Islands continue; many targets of opportunity
are strafed. 370th, 371st, 372d and 424th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 307th
Bombardment Group (Heavy), move from Munda, and Guadalcanal (424th Bomb
Squadron) to Mokerang Airfield on Los
Negros with B-24s.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): B-24s hit dispersal
areas on Japen, supply areas and AA guns at Bosnik, Sorido Airfield, Namber Airfield and near the Moemi River; B-24s and B-25s hit airfields in the Wakde-Maffin-Sawar-Arare area; 200+ fighter-bombers, A-20s, and B-25s thoroughly
pound airfields, bridges, fuel dumps, vehicles, villages, AA guns, and supply
areas in the Wewak-Hansa Bay area; and 89th Bombardment Squadron, 3d
Bombardment Group, moves from Nadzab to Hollandia with A-20s.
USN: Lost is PV-1 Ventura 48934 (MIA).
RAAF: Lost on a ferry flight is P-40N A29-434 pilot rescued the next day.
