MONDAY, 10 JULY 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 24 P-40s and P-51s support ground forces
at Myitkyina; 20+ A-36s P-51s, P-47s, and P-40s hit Mogaung, buildings and boxcars
at Mohnyin, trucks at Sahmaw, a factory at Loiwing, and Punga pagoda; the railroad
supply area at Mohnyin is bombed by 6 B-25s; a detachment of the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance
Group, begins operating from Myitkyina with P-40s (the squadron is based at Kisselbari).
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 70 P-40s and 6 B-25s hit river shipping
between Siangtan and Siangsiang, between Changsha and Chuchou, and north of Hengyang;
strafe and bomb posts and trucks in the Pingkiang, Tungcheng, and Tsungyang
areas and in the Changsha-Kweilin area; and bomb Hankow Airfield and Wuchang Airfield;
the 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, based
at Guskhara, sends a detachment to operate from Liuchow with F-7s; and the detachment
of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 341st Bombardment Group (Medium)
operating from Kweilin and Liuchow with B-25s return to base at Yangkai.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): P-47s hit troops and gun positions
on Tinian. B-24s staging through Eniwetok pound Truk during
the night of 9/10 July and again during the day.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In New Guinea, B-24s
attack Laha, Namlea, and targets of opportunity in the Boeroe Island, Sunda
Islands-Ceram Island-Ambon area; A-20s, fighter-bombers, and a B-25 hit
troops, villages, and barges in the Wewak area; 64th Bombardment Squadron
(Heavy), 43d Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Nadzab to Owi
with B-24s; and the 67th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Group and
387th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, move from Nadzab to Hollandia with C-47s and A-20s respectively. B-24s bomb airfields
and town areas at Yap, Gagil-Tomil Island, Yap and Sorol.
Operations also include small- scale strikes in the Wakde area and snooper and
armed reconnaissance missions over the Caroline Islands. The 529th Bombardment
Squadron (Heavy), (Heavy), moves from Long Strip to
Darwin with B-24s.
Imperial Japanese Army:
During the night of July 10, 1944 the Japanese Army 18th Army 89th Infantry Regiment and 78th Infantry Regiments crossed the Driniumor River roughly two kilometers inland from the coast and attacked the U.S. line on the western side starting the Battle of the Driniumor River.
U.S. Army: During the night, the U.S. line on the western side of the Driniumor River defended by the 32nd Infantry Division and 112th Cavalry Regiment at Afua is attacked starting the Battle of the Driniumor River.
RAAF: Crash landed is Beaufort A9-535 (crew unhurt).
