TUESDAY, 16 MAY 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, about 70 B-25s and fighter-bombers
hit the Myitkyina and Hogin areas; 11 B-24s hit Ywataung and Sagaing marshalling
yards and the town of Akyab.
CBI: In NCAC area, H Force crosses the Namkwi after confining inhabitants of Namkwi village in order to assure secrecy. On Salween front, 593d Regt, Ch 190th Div, reaches Shweli valley near Laokai, having moved W over mountains. Rest of 190th Div is clearing strongpoints in Mamien Pass. On S flank, where enemy has thinned out in order to strengthen upper Shweli valley, elements of Ch 76th and 88 Divs are progressing rapidly toward Pingka and have taken 13 villages NE of that objective. 11 Army Group: In Br Fourteenth Army area, Kachin guerrillas gain temporary possession of Washang, about 30 miles E of Myitkyina.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): 8 B-24s blast the motor pool and warehouse areas
at Mangshih.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Kwajalein pound Wake. B-25s from Makin hit Nauru and Ponape.
SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): 40+
fighter-bombers hit the Vunakanau area; fighters on sweeps hit barges at Jacquinot
Bay and Mioko Harbour, vehicles at Kurakakaul, Mandres Bay and Vunarima, and
N of Vunakanau, a small vessel in Mandres Bay and a sawmill at Keravat. On Bougainville, fighter-bombers hit occupied areas at Tunuru, near Kieta and Manetai
Mission and Tinputs.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): Aircraft continue
to pound a variety of targets including airfields and supply areas on Noemfoor and Biak, AA guns, supplies and occupied villages in the Wakde
Island-Maffin-Sawar coastal area, and bridges, villages, troop concentrations and AA positions;
8th Bombardment Squadron, 3d Bombardment Group, moves from Nadzab
to Hollandia with A-20s; and 9th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group, moves
from Gusap to Hollandia with P-47s. Lost is B-24D "Ready, Willing and Able" 42-41078.
RAAF: Written off is P-40E Kittyhawk NZ3011.
Royal Navy: Corsair JT160 (MIA) and Corsair JT132 (MIA) suffer an aerial collision over Sebago Lake in Maine.
U.S. Army: TF TORNADO--Wakde assault force--begins voyage to target from Hollandia area.
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