SATURDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, nineteen P-47s attack bridges along a line
Wanling-Bhamo-Myitkyina destroying one bridge; 6 B-25s hit bridges south of Meza,
destroying one and extensively damaging several others. Nineteen B-24s fly
fuel to Liuchow while two B-24s deliver fuel to Kunming.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 15 B-24s pound the Burma Road in the
Chefang area; 36 B-25s hit Chuanhsien and targets of opportunity in surrounding
areas; 6 B-25s bomb Kuanyang, 5 hit Yungming, 6 damage Dara bridge, 12 bomb
Lungling, and 2 knock out a bridge near Jinyang; two B-24s bomb docks at Amoy;
again 90+ P-40s and P-51s hit numerous targets of opportunity throughout SE
China concentrating on Japanese troops in the Chuanhsien area and various targets
around Jungyun, Yuankiang, Yungming, Lingling, and Hsuchang.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Fifteen B-24s from Saipan bomb Chichi Jima, Haha Jima,
and Ani Jima. Two B-24s on armed reconnaissance bomb Marcus while 1
on a training mission hits Pagan.
On the night of 23/24 Sep a B-24 from Kwajalein bombs Wake.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: During night and
day raids B-24s and B-25s concentrate on Sidate Airfield and Mapanget Airfield. P-47s pound Kaoe Airfield. P-47s and P-40s bomb
AA guns at Manokwari, Moemi, and Ransiki Airfield; HQ Thirteenth Air Force
moves from Hollandia to Noemfoor; the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter
Group moves from Nadzab to Noemfoor with P-47s.
