SUNDAY, 13 AUGUST 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Three B-24s departing Shemya during the night of 12/13 Aug, one aborts while the other two bomb the Kashiwabara staging area; later 6 B-25s fly a shipping sweep east of the northern Kurils during which a fighter is downed. B-24D "Li'l Deicer" 41-11850 force lands on Ilak (crew rescued).
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 20 fighter-bombers hit troops and
supplies at Mankwi, Myothit, and Tali; 7 others knock out a bridge at Kyauktalon
and damage another near Namkwin; 26 fighter-bombers attack the village of Pinwe
and hit targets of opportunity near Mawlu and Pinbaw; 9 B-25s strike a bomb
storage area at Pinwe considerably damaging the village.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 30+ B-25s bomb Tungling, Sinsiang,
and Hengyang, Pailochi Airfield, shipping at Takao Harbor and nearby coastal
areas; 3 cargo vessels are claimed sunk; 51 P-40s and P-51s attack trucks,
bridges, railroad yards, troops, and other targets of opportunity in the Hengyang area; 18 P-40s and P-38s pound Tengchung; 50+ other P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s
attack troops, bridges, railroad tracks, shipping, trucks, and other targets
of opportunity at several locations including Lienhwa, Siangsiang, Sinshih,
Puchou, Tungyangtun, Hengshan, Weichow Island, Luichow Peninsula, Tingka, Mangshih, Nanchang, Puchi, and along the Yunglo River.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Bad weather in the
SWPA curtails operations. B-24s bomb bivouacs and supply dumps
at Manokwari; bombers hit a Cape Wom storage area while P-39s cooperate with
PT boats to hit Dagua personnel areas and Suain coastal positions; P-47s and
P-39s hit Cape Wom, troops at Ulban, Matapau, and Suain, and support ground
forces at Sarmi. Lost are B-25D "Hung Lo" 41-30084 (MIA) and P-39Q 42-19933 (MIA); C-47s complete nearly 90 transport missions to Owi and other
forward bases.
