TUESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 1944
USA: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Republican challenger Wendell Willkie for the second time.
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 6 B-25s bomb the railroad
yards at Yuncheng; 2 B-25s and 21 P-51s, P-40s, and P-38s hit targets of
opportunity around Wanling, Burma and Mangshih, Chefang, and Lungling; HQ
68th Composite Wing moves from Liuchow to Luliang; the air echelon of the
118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF (attached to 23d Fighter
Group), ceases operating from Liuchow and returns to base at Chengkung with
P-51s.
INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 80+ P-47s hit gun positions,
supply areas, and troops at Bhamo, Pintin, and in the vicinity of Myazedi,
bomb airfields at Kawlin, Shwebo, and Onbauk, hit a fuel dump near Panghkam road junction, attack railroad targets of opportunity between Indaw and Shwebo, and targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy River between
Bhamo and Katha; 28 P-47s maintain overlapping patrols over the area
south of Myitkyina; transports fly 260+ sorties to forward areas.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Guam strike Iwo Jima and during an armed reconnaissance flight, bomb AA positions on Marcus.
P-47s strafe Pagan Airfield on Pagan during the early morning and follow
up with rocket and strafing runs later in the morning.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s and fighter-bombers hit Fabrica Airfield, Alicante Airfield and Bacolod Airfield and Opon Airfield; shipping at various
C Philippine Islands locations, and communications and supply targets at
Tambuco, Ormoc, and Palompon on Leyte, Valencia on Mindanao,
and other areas; P-38s and B-25s hit Del Monte Airfield on Mindanao and targets of opportunity in Macajalar Bay on Mindanao,
and Mandai Airfield; the 89th Bombardment Squadron,
3d Bombardment Group, moves from Hollandia to Dulag with A-20s. On Celebes Island, B-25s hit Tanamon, Mapanget,
and Langoan. B-25s and fighter-bombers hit Galela Airfield, Miti Airfield,
and Kaoe Airfield. In sweeps over Boeroe Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, and
Ceram Island, Moluccas Islands, small groups of B-25s and P-38s hit runways
and small shipping. B-24s bomb Raba Estate in the Sunda Islands. The 4th Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Photographic Wing (Mapping
and Charting) (attached to Thirteenth AF), arrives at Hollandia from the
US with F-7s (the squadron will begin mapping of the SW and W Pacific in
Dec 44).
USMC: Lost is FG Corsair 14015 (rescued).
Motor torpedo boat PT-301 is damaged by accidental explosion off western New Guinea, 01°15'S, 136°23'E.
Submarine Albacore (SS-218) is sunk by mine off the northern tip of Honshu, 41°49'N, 141°11'E.
Submarine Greenling (SS-213) sinks Japanese transport No.8 Kiri Maru and merchant tanker K_tai Maru, 34°34'N, 138°35'E.
British motor vessel Ernebank rescues 16 survivors of U.S. tanker Fort Lee, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-181 on November 2, 1944 (see 9 and 16 November 1944).
