TUESDAY, 15 MAY 1945
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Thirteen B-24s bomb the Kashiwabara, and Kataoka on Shimushu, claiming one ship destroyed,
and a direct hit on another, and investigate radar activities. Low fog limits
observation of other results; AA fire damages two B-24s, one of which forcelands
in the USSR.
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, a single B-24, supported by
2 P-51s, seriously damages 3 bridges near Singtai and Linmingkuan; 20 B-25s,
some with fighter escort, bomb bridges, barracks, troops, horses, road and railroad
targets, and general targets of opportunity around Sinyang, Yoyang, Changsha,
Hsuchang, Chenghsien, Sichuan, Pinyang, Tsinkong, Luchou, Kweiping, Tanchuk,
Laohokow, Siangyang, Nanying, Paoching, and Hengyang; 150 fighter- bombers over
S and E China attack a variety of targets chiefly road, rail, and river traffic,
troops, and bridges, at many scattered locations; the Liping and Tungkow areas
are again well covered.
INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): Unit moves in India: HQ Tenth AF from Myitkyina to Piardoba; HQ 1st Combat Cargo Group and 4th Combat Cargo
Squadron from Dohazari to Hathazari with C-47s.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb Shinchiku. In Borneo, B-24s and B-25s hit Miri and Kudat Airfield and support
ground forces on Tarakan. P-38s pound troop concentrations and gun positions
on Mount Mandalagan on Negros. Unit moves: HQ 2d Combat Cargo Group and
5th Combat Cargo Squadron from Biak to Dulag
with C-46s; HQ 348th Fighter Group and 340th, 342d, 343d and 460th Fighter Squadrons
from San Marcelino to Floridablanca with P-47s.
Australian Army:
Private Edward Kenna earns the Victoria Cross at Mission Hill inland from Wewak.
