Pacific Wrecks 2020 Daily Updates
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• 1-28  January 28, 1945: "Pick's First Convoy" crosses the border in southern China on the Ledo Road (Stillwell Road) from India via Burma
• 1-27  January 27, 1945: Lost is B-29 "Rover Boys Express" 42-24769 / Japanese suicide attack destroys M7 Priest at San Manuel
• 1-26  January 26, 1945: 20th Air Force 25 B-29 release drop mines off Saigon and into Camranh Bay and Phan Rang Bay in Indochina
• 1-25  January 25, 1945: Force landed is B-25D "Hawg-mouth" 41-30222 in the Tanami desert today displayed at Darwin Aviation Museum
• 1-24  January 24, 1945: U. S. Army 25th Division, 161st Infantry Regiment supported by M4 Sherman near San Manuel on Luzon
• 1-23  January 23, 1945: Lost is B-29 "Homing De-Vice" 42-24785 pilot Major Frank A. Roberts MIA bombing Nagoya spun into sea
• 1-22  January 22, 1945: 39th Fighter Squadron moves to Mangaldan Airfield on Luzon in the Philippines
• 1-21  January 21, 1945: USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) carrier aircraft attack Toshien Harbor (Takao) damaged is SB2C-3 Helldiver 18632
• 1-20  January 20, 1945: Lost is A-20G Havoc 43-21622 over Wewak / Crashed is Beaufort A9-557 at Tadji Airfield today at AWM
• 1-19  January 19, 1945: A single B-24 flies a radar ferret mission while two others bomb volcanic Onnekotan Island in the Kurile Islands
• 1-18  January 18, 1945: Ditched is A6M2 Zero 31870 off Cape Lambert salvaged 1972 and today displayed at the Tokyo Science Museum
• 1-17  January 17, 1945: Crashed is B-24J "Milady" 42-73134 pilot 2nd Lt. Robert T. Neal on the Cox Peninsula near Darwin wreck remains
• 1-16  January 16, 1945: Lost is TBM Avenger 73343 pilot Lt(jg) Richard Lee Hunt, Jr. crashed Hong Kong
• 1-15  January 15, 1945: A Black Day for the Kiwis: Lost are eight Corsairs due to enemy action and bad weather including F4U NZ5283
• 1-14  January 14, 1945: Lost is B-24J "Lady Jane" 42-100271 pilot 2nd Lt. William F. Plunkett on a night mission and went missing
• 1-13  January 13, 1945: Lost is Spitfire A58-419 pilot F/Sgt Edmond M. Stevenson ditched off Termate Island and became a POW
• 1-12  January 12, 1945: Lost is B-24D "Shootin' Star" 42-73249 pilot 1st Lt. Robert E. Churgin shot down by F4U Corsairs from VMF-12
• 1-11  January 11, 1945: Over Luzon, F-6D "Snooks the 5th" 44-14841 pilot Captain William A. Shomo claims 7 earns the Medal of Honor
• 1-10  January 10, 1945: Lost is P-61B Black Widow 42-39445 pilot 2nd Lt. Logan Southfield crashed into the Cyclops Mountains
• 1-9  January 9, 1945: The U. S. Army 6th Army under General Douglas MacArthur begins the amphibius landing at Lingayen Gulf on Luzon.
• 1-8  January 8, 1945: Damaged is F4U Corsair NZ5527 pilot FSgt T. Simpson and was written off and converted into instructional airframe
• 1-7  January 7, 1945: Lost is P-38L "Eileen-Ann" 44-24845 pilot Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr. America's 2nd highest scoring ace of WWII
• 1-6  January 6, 1945: A-20s and fighter bombers blast bridges and targets of opportunity at Calumpit in Bulacan Province on Luzon
• 1-5  January 5, 1945: Operation Grubworm is completed with Chinese and US troops and supplies flown to Chanyi Airfield and other airfields
• 1-4  January 4, 1945: A kamikaze hits USS Ommaney Bay CVE-79 and is scuttled / Force landed is F6F Hellcat 71441 at Kobi on Formosa
• 1-3  January 3, 1945: Lost is P-38L 44-25217 pilot Lt. Col Grattan "Grant" Mahony with more combat hours than any fighter pilot in USAAF
• 1-2  January 2, 1945: Lost is P-38L "Putt Putt Maru III" 44-24843 pilot Captain Henry L. Condon, II over Clark Field and was rescued
• 1-1  January 1, 1945: Force landed is P-38G Lightning 42-13400 on Attu Island recovered 1999 and displayed Elmendorf AFB
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