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January 26, 1945
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FRIDAY, 26 JANUARY 1945

CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 15 P-51s and P-40s hit Chenghsien Airfield and locomotives, tracks, and motor transport at Nanking and Sinsiang.

Burma: In ALFSEA's 15 Corps area, Royal Marines from East Indies Fleet invade Cheduba I., SW of Ramree I., with support of naval aircraft. In NCAC area, Ch 38th Div troops, working along Burma Road, get to within 5 miles of Ch Y- Force.

HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): During the night of 25/26 January, two missions are flown: Mission 30: 25 of 26 B-29s mine Saigon, Camranh Bay and Phan Rang Bay without loss. Mission 31: 41 of 50 B-29s mine the six approaches to Singapore Harbor and Penang Harbor and the Pakchan River and Koh Si Chang Channel in Thailand.

INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 8 fighter-bombers support ground forces in the Namhkam area; 140+ fighter-bombers hit troops, supplies, guns, railroad targets, and targets of opportunity at Tangtong, Panghai, Man Pwe, Kyaunghkam, Mong Pa, Na-lang, Hsenwi, Molo, Mong Tat, Humon, Tonghkan, Pangnim, Konghsa, Namtu, Namhsan, and in the Nampok area. Transports fly 500+ sorties to advanced bases and frontline areas. The detachment of the 493d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy), operating from Luliang transporting gasoline to Suichwan, China with B-24s, returns to base at Pandaveswar.

AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Seventeen Guam based B-24s bomb Iwo Jima airfields; during then night of 26/27 Jan, the airfields are hit by 9 B-24s on individual harassment missions.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA: B-24s hit coastal guns on Corregidor and in Balete Pass; B-25s bomb the Cabcaben Airfield area and coastal guns on Carabao and A-20s attack Grande coastal defenses at the mouth of Subic Bay. On Mindanao, B-25s bomb Likanan and Sasa and P-38s strafe the same targets and also hit Padada. A-20s and fighter-bombers, along with a few B-24s, continue armed reconnaissance and miscellaneous attacks against airfields, communications, vehicles, coastal guns, town areas, and other targets throughout Luzon and in the Central Philippines. HQ 3d Air Commando Group, the 3d and 4th Fighter Squadrons (Commando) and the 318th Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando) move from Leyte to Mangaldan with P-51s and C-47s. HQ 90th Bombardment Group and the 321st and 400th Bombardment Squadrons move from Biak to San Jose, Mindoro with B-24s. The 69th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Group moves from Biak to Tanauan with C-47s. The 386th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, moves from Tanauan to San Jose with A-20s.

U.S. Army: On Luzon in the U.S. Sixth Army area, General Walter Krueger orders rapid drive on Manila. XIV Corps, in addition to securing Clark Field area, is to cross the Pampanga at Calumpit; reconnoiter S and SE to line Hagonoy-Malolos-Plaridel. I Corps is to continue attack on left and advance right flank S and SE; reconnoiter to Cabanatuan. In XIV Corps area, 40th Div develops enemy OPLR on hills W and SW of Bamban: 160th Inf clears Hills 636 and 600; 108th presses toward Hill 5. 37th Div's 145th and 148th Regts advance to general line Culayo-Magalang, taking Magalang and Clark Field Runway No. 1 roughly 1½ miles NW of Culayo. In I Corps area, 158th Inf of 43d Div finishes clearing ridge NW of Cataguintingan. Some elements of 172d secure Rosario; other elements are moving toward Udaio road junction.

On Mindoro, Camina Drome is ready for use by heavy bombers. Enemy resistance in Bulalacao area comes to an end.

U.S. Navy: Operation Plan CINCPOA 11-44 (Iwo Jima) becomes effective. Commander Fifth Fleet takes control of all forces assigned to Central Pacific Task Forces for the invasion of Iwo Jima.

Tank landing craft LCT-1151 is lost in amphibious operations, 01°00'N, 138°36'E.

USS Tautog (SS-199) sinks Japanese merchant sail fishing boat No.11 Naga Maru, 30°00'N, 136°20'E.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Hakko Maru is sunk by aircraft off Corregidor.

Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No.13 Kyo Maru is sunk by mine off Bengeri Point.

Japanese merchant cargo ship No.1 Tamon Maru is sunk by mine [laid by submarine Dace (SS-247) on 16 December 1944] off Gambir Island French Indochina, 13°36'N, 109°18'E.



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