WEDNESDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, P-47s hit the Kadu rail siding, Nyaungbintha, Indaw, and troops at Hkaungtung; three B-25s weathered out of the Bhamo area hit
alternates at Indaw; C-47s continue large-scale operations to several points
in the CBI.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 27 B-25s bomb Lingling, Chuanhsien,
and Kiyang and hit targets of opportunity throughout the Chuanhsien area; 100+
P-51s and P-40s on armed reconnaissance over wide areas of SE China attack troops,
horses, trucks, shipping, and other targets of opportunity, particularly concentrating
on areas around Chuanhsien, Lingling, Kiyang, Changsha, and Yiyang.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): P-47s from Saipan bomb and strafe gun positions
on Pagan. A lone B-24 on
armed reconnaissance bombs Marcus. B-24s hit Jaluit while Makin based B-25s pound Nauru.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Despite poor weather
over Celebes, the Menado area
is again attacked and B-24s hit Mapanget Airfield and Sidate Airfield and supply dumps and other targets of opportunity. B-24s hit Djailolo and A-20s and P-47s during the night of 19/20 Sep strike Kaoe Airfields. B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers, striking during the night
of 19/20 Sep and during the day, pound Amahai Airfield, Namlea Airfield, Liang Airfield, Lautem Town and several targets of opportunity.
During the night of 20/21 Sep a few B-24s again hit
the Menado and Sidate area. Fighter-bombers hit
AA guns and targets of opportunity at Moemi and Ransiki Airfield and
hit a supply
dump further E along the Orai River; the 75th Bombardment Squadron (Medium),
42d Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Hollandia to Sansapor with
B-25s; the 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, moves from Owi,
to Morotai with P-38s; the 370th and 372d Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy),
307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), based on Wakde with B-24s, begin operating
from Noemfoor.
