MONDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, nine P-47s pound Japanese positions in
the Myothit area; 8 B-25s hit supply dumps and installations at Chefang, China;
Eighteen B-24s fly fuel to Liuchow; and 200+ other sorties by C-47s deliver
men and supplies to several points in the CBI. The detachment of the 2d Combat
Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, operating from Yunnani with C-47s
returns to base at Sylhet, India.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 30 B-25s attack town areas and fuel
dumps at Lingling, Taohsien, and Chuanhsien and damage the approaches to the
Lingling ferry crossing; 4 B-24s over the Formosa Strait claim 1 freighter sunk;
about 115 P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance attack troops, trucks, tanks,
shipping, town areas, and other targets of opportunity throughout Hunan Province
S of Tungting Lake to Luicbow Peninsula and Chikhorn Bay; and the 529th Fighter
Squadron, 311th Fighter Group, based at Pungchacheng with P-51s, sends a detachment
to operate from Hsian.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Two B-24s on armed reconnaissance from Saipan bomb Marcus. Twenty-eight Eniwetok based B-24s bomb Truk. B-25s pound Ponape.
HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): HQ 499th Bombardment Group and 500th Bombardment Group (Very
Heavy) arrive at Isley Field from the US; and the 3d Photographic Reconnaissance
Squadron (Very Heavy), 11th Photographic Group (Mapping), arrives on Saipan
from the US with F-13s (the squadron will fly photo, electronic and weather
recon in the W Pacific, 1 Nov 44-Sep 45). In India, B-25D 41-30456 piloted by Brig General LaVerne G. Saunders crashed after take off.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s blast several
targets in the Davao, Mindanao area, including oil storage at Sasa. B-25s hit Langoan Airfield and lake area. Bad weather forces B-24s over the
Ceram-Ambon area to individually attack targets which include four airfields.
B-25s hit Samate Airfield and fighter-bombers hit the airfield
and town of Manokwari and Manokwari Airfield and AA guns at Moemi; HQ 310th Bombardment Wing (Medium)
moves from Hollandia to Morotai; and the 371st Bombardment Squadron (Heavy),
307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based on Wakde with B-24s begins operating
from Noemfoor. Written off after a take off accident is A-20G "Je Reviens" 43-9458.
RAAF: Crashed is Beaufighter A19-163 (MIA).
