THURSDAY, 17 AUGUST 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 47 fighter-bombers support ground
forces in the Pinbaw area; 9 B-25s bomb Katha; 12 fighter-bombers pound the
town areas of Nanyinbya and Bilumyo; and 12 other fighter-bombers attack artillery
positions and storage areas in the Momauk area. As of this date, India is cleared of all Japanese
forces.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): 25 B-24s blast Yoyang; 18 B-25s bomb
the railroad yards and storage area at Chiuchiang and four hit the road and Hengyang Airfield area and storage buildings at Nanyo; 100+ P-40s, P-51s, and
P-38s on offensive reconnaissance attack town areas, bridges, hangars, supply
dumps, railroad targets, and road and river traffic in E Burma, around Hsenwi,
Tungling, and Tengchung, and throughout the Tungling Lake-C Yangtze River area,
particularly in the Hengyang area. Eight P-40s attack shipping
in the Haiphong area and between Dong Trieu and Ha Duong.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan bomb Iwo Jima. B-25s hit Ponape.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s pound airfields
on Ambon and Ceram Islands
and Boeroe Island in the Sunda Islands. B-25s strafe installations at Dili, Moloe Island and Kai
Islands; and
B-25s sink a transport vessel off Halmahera. In New Guinea, A-20s bomb
Klamono oil fields while fighter-bombers hit gun positions, storage areas,
and other targets at Ransiki and Manokwari and troop concentrations along the
N shore of MacCluer Gulf. On Biak, P-40s, supporting ground forces landing
at Wardo, pound shore positions and troops inland as the enemy remnants on Biak break up into small groups; P-39s strafe troops from Cape Wom to
the the Dandriwad River and near But,
and hit gun positions at Marubian; HQ 5th Bombardment Group moves from Los Negros to Wakde;
HQ 22d Bombardment Group moves from Nadzab to Owi;
and the 68th Fighter Squadron, 347th Fighter Group moves from Torokina to Middleburg with P-38s.
