SUNDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, four B-25s attack and slightly damage
the Tabpalai Bridge NE of Hsipaw; one B-25 knocks out the center span of a railroad
bridge in the area and another causes considerable damage at Indaw. In India,
HQ 33d Fighter Group moves from Pungchacheng, China to Nagaghuli; and the 4th
Combat Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, arrives at Sylhet from the US
with C-47s.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): 12 B-24s pound marshalling yards at Nanking; Seven B-25s destroy at least 45 trucks and damage about 100 others during
armed reconnaissance from Hengyang to Tungting Lake and Yoyang; two other B-25s bomb
Hengyang Airfield; 100+ P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s attack troops, railroad targets,
bridges, and other targets of opportunity in areas around Changning, Hengyang,
Sungpai, Chuki, Yangtien, Hengshan, and near Haiphong,
and in the Red River Valley.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan bomb Iwo Jima. P-47s hit Pagan and Maug with rockets. A single B-24 on armed reconnaissance bombs Yap.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s
pound Langoan Airfield and Lembeh Strait warehouse s and shipping. B-25s hit
the village of Tobelo on Halmahera. Fighter-bombers hit oil tanks and a radio station at Boela.
Fighter-bombers hit Babo Airfield, Waren Airfield and Nabire Airfield, Manokwari storage and personnel areas, strafe
areas along MacCluer Gulf, and fly coastal sweeps in the Wewak area, strafing
troops, supplies, and occupied areas. 42nd BG B-25s fly sweep over New Britain in search of targets of opportunity, damaged and force landed is B-25H 43-4513.
HQ XIII Bomber Command moves from Los
Negros to Wakde;
and 20th Combat Mapping Squadron, 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group,
moves from Nadzab to Biak with B-24s and F-7s.
USMC: Two Corsairs from VMF-215 fly a fighter sweep and bombing mission against the Lossuk Bay area of New
Ireland. off on aan aerial collision. Lost is F4U 56260 (MIA).
