June 12, 1944
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MONDAY, 12 JUNE 1944

BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): 30+ B-25s continue to supply troops at Imphal with ammunition. 16 P-40s hit Mogaung and targets of opportunity in north Burma.

CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 50 P-40s, P-51s and B-25s hit troop concentrations in the Yellow River area at Lingpao and S of Loyang; in the Tungting Lake area about 100 P-40s and P-51s attack numerous supply boats and other river and lake traffic, and hit dock areas and warehouses at Lanchi, Yuankiang and at scattered points; also hit are villages and troops in the Changsha and Kuanchuang areas; 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth Air Force, moves from Gushkara, India to Chengkung with P-51s.

PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): During the night of 11/12 June, B-24s from Eniwetok hit Truk and again during the day.

SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): Six B-24s bomb runways at Tobera and Rapopo; 22 P-39s and 10 P-38s join 20+ USN aircraft in attacks on supply dumps near Ralum; and 20 B-25s pound Malapau village. 44 P-39s hit Buka Airfield and on Bougainville, Tsirogei plantation, barges and pier south of Kleine Island and the occupied area west of Komai.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): Fierce ground fighting continues on Biak while Japanese aircraft attack Allied ground forces and shipping offshore; P-47s battle attacking aircraft, shooting down several; P-47s and A-20s hit troop concentrations, communications and various other targets in the Wewak and Hansa Bay areas; 82d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Saidor to Biak with P-39s; and 386th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, moves from Gusap to Nadzab with A-20s. Thirteenth Air Task Force B-24s bomb Dublon Seaplane Base and Peleliu Airfield.

USN: Carrier aircraft attack targets in the Marianas including Guam. Lost over Guam is TBF Avenger 25424 (MIA). Elements of Special Task Air Group 1 (STAG-1) arrive at Banika Field, the first deployment of a guided missile unit into a combat theater.

JAAF: Shot down is Ki-46 Dinah pilot Tsutsui (KIA) off Point Blaze near Darwin.

IJN: Hinko Maru damaged the previous day by an aerial torpedo was beached at Chi Chi Jima Harbor off Chi Chi Jima.