SUNDAY, 29 APRIL 1945
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Twelve B-25s attempting to bomb targets in the Kuriles abort due to a weather front. Six B-24s radar-bomb Kataoka naval base on Shimushu.
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 3 B-25s and 4 P-47s blast targets
at the Taiyuan railroad yards; about 50 fighter-bombers, operating in forces
of 1 to 4 aircraft, blast numerous targets of opportunity in S and E China,
hitting especially the Fantung area.
INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 5 P-47s attack Laihka Airfield;
6 others strafe troops and horses at Tadamo; transports fly 427 sorties to forward
areas, landing or dropping 537 tons of supplies. Unit moves: 81st Bombardment
Squadron (Medium), 12th Bombardment Group (Medium), ceases operating from Meiktila with B-25s and returns to base at Fenny; 317th Troop Carrier Squadron
(Commando), 2d Air Commando Group, based at Kalaikunda, India with C-47s, sends
a detachment to operate from Akyab Airfield.
AAFPOA VII Fighter Command: Twenty P-47s from Saipan sweep Truk,
strafing airfields, defenses, and gun positions on Moen and Param and
hit Param and Falas with rockets. Seventh Air Force: 24 Guam-based
B-24s subsequently attack the same airfields as the fighters. Twenty B-24s,
operating in two forces, pound Marcus Airfield.
HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Missions 120 to 125: 111 B-29s strike airfields
on Kyushu including Miyazaki, Miyakonojo, Kokubu, two runways at Kanoya, and
Kushira Airfield; they claim nearly 30 Japanese aircraft shot down; 2 B-29s
are lost.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA: In support of ground
forces on Luzon, fighter-bombers hit troop concentrations, supply areas,
pillboxes, gun positions, vehicles, and other targets mainly in the Balete
Pass, Baguio, and Echague areas and A-20s hit the New Bosoboso area, where
fighters
also support ground forces concentrating in the Ipo Dam area. In Borneo, B-24s
pound Kuching Airfield while B-25s bomb Tarakan. Other B-24s hit Langoan Airfield, Mandai Airfield, and Mapanget Airfield. P-38s sweep French Indochina and strafe Thu Dau Mot Airfield. The 318th Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando),
3d Air Commando Group, moves from Mangaldan to Laoag with C-47s.
U. S. Army Air Force (USAAF): Lost is L-4 pilot Perkins (MIA) over Okinawa.
USN: USS Comfort (AH-6) is hit by a kamikaze plane off Okinawa, this is the third attack on a medical vessel.
