June 22, 1944
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THURSDAY, 22 JUNE 1944

USAAF: Crashed is P-38F 41-7520 (KIA).

BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, six B-24s fly fuel to Kamaing while 40 B-25s supply Imphal with ammunition; 40 A-36s, P-51s and P-40s hit Mogaung and Myitkyina while 10 others hit targets at Hopin, Namma and Sahmaw.

CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 18 P-40s destroy 20+ trucks between Hsuchang and Lohochai; 4 P-40s damage a troop steamer in Tungting Lake; Thirteen B-24s bomb Bakli Harbor, damaging dock facilities and claiming one freighter sunk.

PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Kwajalein staging through Eniwetok hit Truk; One B-24 bombs Ponape.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s, A-20s, and P-47s hit shipping off Efman and airfields and targets of opportunity on Noemfoor, attack Manokwari and hit villages in the Sarmi area. Lost is B-25D 41-30248 pilot 1st Lt. Walter J. Oldham (KIA). Attacks by A-20s and fighters, along with RAAF aircraft, on the wide coastal area around Wewak continue; and HQ 317th Troop Carrier Group moves from Finschhafen to Hollandia. B-24s bomb Yap; Sorol Atoll and Woleai. B-25s join the Allied aircraft in pounding Nordup and Ralum.