TUESDAY, 8 AUGUST 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, B-25s are weathered out of their primary
target, the town of Shwekyina; the B-25s hit alternates, destroying the Meza
bridge and damaging 3 others, and bombing railroad tracks at several points
between Naba and Meza; weather severely curtails fighter-bomber missions; and
the detachment of the 315th Troop Carrier Squadron, 443d Troop Carrier Group,
operating from Shingbwiyang with C-47s returns to base at Ledo.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 6 B-25s and 7 P-40s bomb a storage
area in Hengshan and destroy several trucks in the area; 29 P-40s hit gun positions
and targets of opportunity in the Hengyang vicinity; 14 P-51s and P-40s hit
bridge, trucks, and river craft at Siangtan while 8 blast trucks, barges, and
a compound between Siangtan and Hengyang; Twelve P-40s attack river shipping from
Sinti to Hankow; 15 P-40s bomb storage areas and radio stations at Amoy and
Swatow.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-25s based on Saipan bomb Guam where effective resistance ends. B-25s
hit Ponape while B-24s bomb Truk.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb Yap and Gagil-Tomil Island and bomb Galela Airfield and Lolobata Airfield. B-24s hit Babo Airfield and the towns of Urarom and Manokwari; A-20s bomb a radio station near Hollandia
and hit troop concentrations in the Musu area; fighter-bombers bomb bridges
and buildings at Boram, troops at But,
and guns at Dagua; and HQ 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group moves from Nadzab
to Biak.
USN: Ditched is PV-1 Ventura 34924 (rescued).
RAAF: Lost is P-40N Kittyhawk A29-570 pilot White (MIA) crashed in the sea off
Garoewah.
