May 9, 1945
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WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 1945

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Radar discloses considerable shipping between Paramushiru and Shimushu; thus, twelve B-24s take off and radar-bomb through overcast; another B-24 flies a radar-ferreting sortie over Paramushiru and Shimushu.

CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 14 B-24s, 14 B-25s, and 26 P-51s blast Paoching and various nearby targets of opportunity; some of the fighter-bombers also attack targets of opportunity west of Hengyang. Four P-51s pound boxcars, locomotives, and other railroad targets from Tourane to Hue.

INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): Unit moves in India: 6th Fighter Squadron (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, from Hay to Asansol with P-47s; 115th Liaison Squadron, Tenth AF, from Dinjan to Nagaghuli with L-1s and L-5s.

AAFPOA Seventh Air Force: Twenty-nine B-24s from Guam, operating in 3 forces over a six hour period, bomb airfields, barracks, and targets of opportunity on Param and Moen. VII Fighter Command: 14 P-47s from Saipan sweep Truk.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb two airfields on Canton. On Luzon, A-20s and fighters fly offensive sweeps over the Cagayan Valley and support ground forces in the Cervantes, Baguio, and Balete Pass area and the Ipo-New Bosoboso-Infanta area. On Mindanao, B-24s bomb the area around Dalirig and Maluko preparatory to allied landings in the Macajalar Bay area on 10 May. P-38s over Borneo hit Brooketon, Sarawak and Tarakan.