TUESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Two B-25s fly a shipping sweep
over Tomari Cape;. Four B-24s off to strike Kurabu Cape turn back due to weather
and mechanical failures.
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): Eighteen B-24s fly fuel to Liuchow and Chengkuing. C-47s transports fly 100+ sorties carrying men and supplies to several
CBI locations.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 28 B-25s bomb Lingling, Lengsbuitang,
Chuanhsien, Sinning, and Shanhsien; 150+ P-40s and P-51s pound numerous targets
of opportunity during armed reconnaissance flights from the Tungting Lake-C
Yangtze River area to the South China Sea; and the fighter-bombers particularly
concentrate on road transport in the Changsha area and supply dumps, buildings,
and trucks near Sintsiang.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 29 Saipan based B-24s blast shipping at Chichi
Jima. 24 P-47s bomb and strafe AA positions and storage areas on Pagan. Three B-24s on snooper and armed reconnaissance missions bomb Iwo Jima and Marcus.
HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Ground echelons of the 881st, 882d and 883d
Bombardment Squadrons (Very Heavy), 500th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), arrive
at Isley Field from the US (first mission is 11 Nov).
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Striking all principal
targets in NE Celebes, B-24s, B-25s, and P-38s hit the Amoerang port area, Menado fuel tanks and shipping personnel areas and AA guns at Mapanget and Sidate,
bivouac, supply areas, and lookout towers along Lembeh Strait, Langoan Airfield,
and Kakas rest camp. In New Guinea, HQ 8th Fighter Group and the 36th Fighter
Squadron move from Owi, to Morotai with P-38s; and HQ 347th Fighter
Group and the 339th Fighter Squadron move from Sansapor to Middleburg with P-38s. Ditched is B-24D "Doodle Jr. 41-30164 (crew rescued).
USN: USS LST-821 is laid down as LST-542 Class Tank Landing Ship by Mission Valley Bridge and Iron Company in Evansville, IN.
