# USAAF Chronology:

    COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
    OCTOBER 1944
    FTP SITES
      1. ftp.rutgers.edu in directory pub/wwii/usaf
      2. byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.152) in pub/history/military/airforce/
         wwii_chronology

    AIRCRAFT MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT:
      A-20, Douglas Havoc
      B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress
      B-24, Consolidated Liberator
      B-25, North American Mitchell
      B-26, Martin Marauder
      B-29, Boeing Superfortress
      C-47, Douglas Skytrain
      UC-64, Noorduyn Norseman
      UC-78, Cessna Bobcat
      F-5, Lockheed Lightning
      F-6, North American Mustang
      F-7, Consolidated Liberator
      L-1, Stinson Vigilant
      L-4, Piper Cub/Grasshopper
      L-5, Stinson Sentinel
      Mosquito, deHavilland
      P-38, Lockheed Lightning
      P-40, Curtiss
      P-47, Republic Thunderbolt
      P-51, North American Mustang
      P-61, Northrop Black Widow

    NOTE: A number in parenthesis after a target name indicates the number of
    bombers attacking.

    SUNDAY, 1 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 34 P-47s bomb Thetkegyin while 20
    others hit railroad targets throughout the N Burma railroad corridor and
    troop concentrations at Ponlon; 4 P-47s bomb Shwegugale while 6 others hit
    Lungling, China and sweep the Burma Road in the area. The 9th Bombardment
    Squadron (Heavy), 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Kurimitola to
    Pandaveswar, India with B-24s. During Oct 44, the 24th Combat Mapping
    Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, based at Guskhara, India,
    sends an element to operate from Hsinching, China with F-7s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 18 B-25s bomb Tien Ho and White
    Cloud Airfields in Canton, the town of Wuchou, and targets of opportunity in
    the Samshui and Canton areas; 100+ P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance
    throughout areas S of the Yangtze River hit a variety of targets of
    opportunity, concentrating on communications targets and troops in the
    Mangshih and Hsinganhsien areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 50th Troop
    Carrier Wing moves from Exeter, England to Le Mans; the 99th and 301st Troop
    Carrier Squadrons, 441st Troop Carrier Group, move from Villeneuve/Vertus to
    St Marceau with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 657: 9 of 10 B-17s drop
    leaflets in France, the Netherlands and Belgium during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, HQ XXIX Tactical Air
    Command (Provisional) locates advance HQ at Arlon; weather prevents bomber
    operations; a few fighters fly armed reconnaissance over E France and wide
    areas of W Germany and patrol the battle areas; night patrols are flown over
    E France and Luxembourg; HQ 36th Fighter Group moves from Athis to
    Juvincourt; HQ 371st Fighter Group and the 406th Fighter Squadron move from
    Perthes to Dole/Tavaux with P-47s; the 553d Bombardment Squadron (Medium),
    386th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Great Dunmow, England to
    Beaumont-sur-Oise with B-26s; the 573d, 574th and 575th Bombardment Squadrons
    (Medium), 391st Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Matching, England to
    Roye/Amy with B-26s. In Belgium, HQ 84th Fighter Wing moves from Vermand,
    France to Arlon; HQ 404th Fighter Group and the 506th, 507th and 508th
    Fighter Squadrons move from Juvincourt, France to St-Trond with P-47s; HQ
    474th Fighter Group moves from Peronne, France to Florennes; the 125th
    Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force (attached to Ninth Army), moves from
    Rennes, France to Arlon with L-5s. In Luxembourg, HQ 363d Tactical
    Reconnaissance Group moves from Le Mans, France to Luxembourg City.
      In Belgium, during Oct 44, HQ IX Fighter Command moves from Charleroi to
    Verviers.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): HQ 5th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Group and the 15th, 23d and 32d Photographic Reconnaissance
    Squadrons are assigned to HQ Fifteenth AF, completing the full establishment
    of 21 heavy bomber groups, 7 fighter groups, and 1 reconnaissance group, as
    authorized in the War Department directive of 23 Oct 43.  Weather permits
    only photo and weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s and B-26s attack
    bridges, fuel dumps, factory, and barracks in C and W Po Valley, including 3
    attacks on Piacenza while XII Fighter Command's A-20s hit a fuel dump and
    bivouacs and fighter-bombers blast guns and communications in the mountainous
    battle areas between Florence and Bologna; the 416th Night Fighter Squadron,
    62d Fighter Wing, moves from Rosignano to Pisa with Mosquitos.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island, Mariana Islands,
    strike the airfield on Iwo Jima Island, Volcano Islands. In the Gilbert
    Islands, B-25s from Makin Island bomb Nauru Island while B-24s, staging
    through Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands, hit Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: On Celebes Island,
    B-24s bomb Langoan while B-25s hit Lembeh Island, Menado, and Bolaang-oeki
    port. B-24s bomb Taka in the Moluccas Islands while P-38s hit Amahai, Ceram
    Island, Kairatoe, Celebes Island, and shipping off Amboina, Ambon Island.
    B-25s and P-38s on shipping sweeps off Halmahera Island destroy several
    barges and luggers. In New Guinea, A-20s and P-38s attack Urarom Airfield and
    Fak Fak supply dumps, while P-40s hit Doom Island and targets of opportunity
    in Windissi, Idorra, and MacCluer Gulf; P-47s and A-20s hit Doeroa, Langgoer,
    and Faan Airfields; the 63d and 70th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 403d Troop
    Carrier Group, move from Los Negros Island, Admiralty Islands and Hollandia
    respectively, to Biak Island with C-47s. The 82d Tactical Reconnaissance
    Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Biak Island, New
    Guinea to Morotai Island, Moluccas Islands with P-40s and F-6s.

    MONDAY, 2 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, photo reconnaissance
    missions, by 4 B-25s to Paramushiru Island and by 2 B-24s to Onnekotan
    Island, abort due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 49 P-47s pound several towns and
    bridges in the Bhamo area and destroy buildings in Shwekyina, Kaungsin,
    Maingka, Kyungyi, Singan, and Kabani; 20+ P-47s hit N Burma railroad targets
    and troops at Man He and Manla; 7 P-47s bomb Kutkai while 8 sweep the
    Lungling, China-Loiwing, Burma area, destroying a warehouse at Selan; 8 B-25s
    slightly damage road bridges N of Lashio; 4 others bomb and damage Nambkai
    road bridges and their vicinity; troop carrier aircraft fly 260+ sorties,
    delivering men and supplies to various points in the CBI. The detachments of
    the 1st and 3d Combat Cargo Squadrons, 1st Combat Cargo Group, operating from
    Yunnani, China with C-47s return to base at Sylhet, India.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 11 B-25s attack the town of Pingnam
    while 16 bomb Tien Ho and White Cloud Airfields in Canton and the town of
    Samshui; 70+ P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance over S China attack
    various targets of opportunity, chiefly river traffic and troop areas around
    Chuanhsien, Taochuan, Takbing, Wuchou, Dosing, and the Wenchow peninsula, and
    attack shipping in the Campba Port-Hongay area of French Indochina.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 441st Troop
    Carrier Group and the 100th and 302d Troop Carrier Squadrons move from
    Villeneuve/Vetrus to St Marceau with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 4 missions are flown:
      Mission 658: 887 B-17s and 549 fighters are dispatched to make PFF attacks
    on industrial targets at Cologne and Kassel, Germany; 2 B-17s are lost:
      1. 305 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Bettenhausen ordnance depot at
    Kassel (129); targets of opportunity are Kassel (143), Fritzlar Airfield (12)
    and other (1); 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 89 damaged; 5 airmen are
    WIA. Escort is provided by 228 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      2. 458 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Henschel motor vehicle plant at
    Kassel (384); targets of opportunity are Wiesbaden (31), Gesecke (9) and
    other (17); 2 B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 144 damaged; 16
    airmen are KIA, 1 WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is provided by 219 P-47s and P-51s
    without loss.
      3. 110 of 124 B-17s hit the Ford motor vehicle plant at Cologne; 1 B-17 is
    damaged beyond repair and 36 damaged. Escort is provided by 53 P-47s and
    P-51s without loss.
      Mission 659: 308 B-24s are dispatched to make a PFF attack on the
    marshalling yard at Hamm (266); targets of opportunity are Handorf Airfield
    (29) and Munster (1); 2 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 144
    damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 212 P-38s, P-47s
    and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA), 2 damaged beyond repair and 1 damaged;
    1 pilot is KIA.
      Mission 660: 2 B-17s, escorted by 15 P-51s, drop leaflets on Dutch islands
    during the day.
      Mission 661: 5 B-24s and 3 B-17s drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France
    and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force):  HQ XXIX Tactical Air Command
    (Provisional) goes into operation along with the US Ninth Army (this new
    Tactical Air Command is formed from elements of the IX and XIX Tactical Air
    Commands); in Germany, the 9th Bombardment Division strikes the industrial
    area of Ubach and defended positions at Herbach; fighters fly armed
    reconnaissance (and later night patrol) over Belgium, E France, and W Germany
    and support the US First, Third, and Seventh Armies in E France and W
    Germany. In Belgium, HQ IX Tactical Air Command moves advanced HQ from
    Janoulx to to Verviers maintaining the close association with the US First
    Army; HQ 368th Fighter Group and the 395th, 396th and 397th Fighter Squadrons
    move from Laon, France to Chievres with P-47s; the 428th, 429th and 430th
    Fighter Squadrons, 474th Fighter Group, move from Peronne, France to
    Florennes. In France, HQ 386th Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 552d, 554th
    and 555th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move from Great Dunmow, England to
    Beaumont-sur-Oise with B-26s. In Luxembourg, the 161st Tactical
    Reconnaissance Squadron, 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from
    Montrevil, France to Sandwieler with F-6s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Unfavorable weather again
    cancels bombing missions and limits operations to weather reconnaissance. The
    885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), Fifteenth AF (attached to Mediterranean
    Allied Air Forces), begins a movement from Maison Blanche, Algeria to
    Brindisi, Italy with B-24s (the squadron transports supplies to partisans and
    drops leaflets in the MTO).

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather grounds medium
    bombers and restricts fighters to reconnaissance and patrols; during the
    night of 1/2 Oct A-20s bomb targets of opportunity in the Po Valley; HQ 27th
    Fighter Group and the 522d, 523d and 524th Fighter Squadrons move from
    Loyettes, France to Tarquinia with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Saipan Island-based B-24s hit Marcus Island in
    the North Pacific and shipping W of Chichi Jima Island, Bonin Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s pound Laha
    Airfield on Ambon Island while B-24s hit Haroekoe Island; P-38s cover the
    Laha raid, attack shipping in Seri and Amboina Bays and hit Amahai on Ceram
    Island and Kairatoe Airfield on Celebes Island. Off Halmahera Island B-25s
    fly a barge sweep, bomb Laboehan, and attack the coastal villages on Weda and
    Boeli Bays. In New Guinea, P-40s attack vessels off Tamoelol village and
    Misool Island and bomb Otawiri and Ransiki Airfields; the 64th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 403d Troop Carrier Group, based on Biak Island begins operating
    from Wakde Island with C-47s.

    TUESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, 2 B-24s flying offshore
    reconnaissance over Onnekotan, Harumukotan, and Shasukotan Islands also
    strafe several small vessels.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): Troop carriers fly 240+ sorties, delivering
    men and supplies to various points in the CBI. In Burma, the 5th Liaison
    Squadron, Tenth Air Force [attached to 1st Liaison Group (Provisional)],
    moves from Shaduzup to Myitkyina with L-1s and L-5s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 23 B-25s attack Pingnam, trucks and
    rivercraft in the Wuchou, Samshui, and Canton areas, and bomb Tien Ho and
    White Cloud Airfields in Canton; 100 P-51s and P-40s continue armed
    reconnaissance over wide expanses of China S of the Yangtze River, attacking
    rivercraft, road traffic, troops, town areas, and other targets of
    opportunity; the Hsinganhsien, Pingnam, and Chuanhsien areas are covered
    exceptionally well.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown:
      Mission 662: 1,065 bombers and 753 fighters make PFF and visual attacks
    against airfields and industrial targets in Geramny; 3 bombers and 4 fighters
    are lost:
      1. 380 B-17s are dispatched to hit Giebelstadt Airfield (49); targets of
    opportunity are Nurnberg (256), Ludwigshafen (13), Ulm (11) and others (24);
    130 B-17s are damaged; 2 airmen are WIA. Escort is provided by 260 P-47s and
    P-51s; they claim 2-0-0 aircraft on the ground; 4 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA0
    and 1 is damaged beyond repair.
      2. 228 B-17s are dispatched to hit motor vehicle facotry at Nurnberg (198);
    10 others hit Ottingen Airfield; 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair
    and 63 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 4 WIA and 28 MIA. Escort is proivded by 227
    P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
      3. 119 B-17s are dispatched to hit the oil refinery at Wesseling (87);
    targets of opportunity are Cogogne (26) and 1 other; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond
    repair and 51 damaged. Escort5 is provided by 24 of 24 P-47s.
      4. 338 B-24s are dispatched to hit Gaggenau (139) and Lachen/Speyerdorf
    (111) visually; secondary targets hit are Offenburg marshalling yard (19) and
    Pforzheim Airfield (19); targets of opportunity are Speyer Airfield (30) and
    Lachen (2); 1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 38 damaged; 2 airmen are WIA.
    Escort is provided by 188 P-38s and P-47s.
      Mission 663: 6 B-24s and 4 B-17s drop leaflets in France, Germany, the
    Netherlands and Belgium during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 220+ B-26s and A-20s sent to bomb
    targets at Durena and Aldenhoven, Germany, and Arnhem, the Netherlands are
    recalled because of weather; fighters fly armed reconnaissance over W
    Germany, hit railroads W of the Rhine River, and support the US Third Army in
    the Metz, France area. The IX Air Defense Command continues night patrols. In
    Belgium, HQ 70th Fighter Wing moves from Marchais, France to Liege; HQ 303d
    Fighter Wing moves from Vermand, France to Arlon. In France, HQ 98th Combat
    Bombardment Wing (Medium) moves from Chartres to Laon/Athies; the 23d Fighter
    Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from Athis to Juvincourt with P-47s; and
    the 405th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, moves from Perthes to
    Dole/Tavaux with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      AAF, MTO: "A" Flight of the 121st Liaison Squadron, AAF, MTO, moves from
    Lyons to Vittel, France with L-4s and L-5s (squadron is based at Pomigliano,
    Italy).

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): For the eighth consecutive day
    bad weather prevents bombing operations.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers continue
    to pound road and rail bridges and fuel dumps in the Po Valley; A-20s,
    fighter-bombers, and fighters of the XII Fighter Command hit fuel dumps, rail
    lines, and transportation in the Valley and support US Fifth Army forces in
    the battle areas in the N Apennines S and SW of Bologna and N of the Arno
    River Valley; the 4th Troop Carrier Squadron, 62d Troop Carrier Group, moves
    from Galera Airfield to Malignano Airfield with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island hit shipping in the
    Bonin Islands while P-47s pound gun positions, buildings, and a wharf on
    Pagan Island, Mariana Islands. B-24s on special reconnaissance missions bomb
    the airfield on Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: For the second time
    B-24s bomb oil refineries in the Balikpapan, Borneo area, B-25s hit shipping
    and bomb Sanana on Sanana Island, Moluccas Islands; on Halmahera Island,
    B-25s smash Kaoe runway and bomb Galela; B-25s and B-24s over Ceram Island-
    Ambon Island hit barge and coastal targets of opportunity and pound Taka
    Airfield in the Moluccas Islands, while fighter-bombers attack Halong
    seaplane base on Celebes Island and Namlea Airfield on Buru Island and
    Haroekoe Airfields on Haroekoe Island. On the Vogelkop Peninsula in New
    Guinea, fighter-bombers again hit Fak Fak and Otawiri.

    WEDNESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, a B-24 weatheraborts a
    photo run off Matsuwa Island; 4 B-25s bomb a freighter and a barge off
    Shimushu Island; 15-17 fighters intercept and the B-25s score 1 victory.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 8 P-47s damage approaches to a
    bridge between Myitkyina and Bhamo; 16 P-47s hit the town of Palwesho; 4
    others hit small towns S of Bhamo, including Man The and Hantet.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 5 B-25s hit Hsinantien and areas N
    of Chefang; 80+ P-40s and P-51s continue to attack targets of opportunity
    during armed reconnaissance over areas of China S of the Yangtze River; 20+
    fighter-bombers hit buildings, troops, and river shipping in the Paoching
    area.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): The 306th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Weston Zoyland, England to
    Peray, France with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 664: 5 B-24s and 4 B-17s
    drop leaflets in the Low Countries, France and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Bombers drop leaflets in the Metz
    and Saint-Die, France and Saarburg, Germany areas; fighters support the US
    First and Third Armies in W Germany and E France, escort B-26s, and fly armed
    reconnaissance in forward areas, attacking rail and military targets. In
    Belgium, HQ 365th Fighter Group and the 386th, 387th and 388th Fighter
    Squadrons move from Juvincourt, France to Chievres with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 327 B-17s and B-24s, with
    fighter escort, bomb the Munich W, Germany marshalling yard. In Italy, around
    400 other heavy bombers, attack the rail line in the Trento-Mezzaselva area
    covering 50+ miles (80+ km) of the Brenner route, Aviano Airfield, Avisio
    viaduct, and railroad and road bridges at Pinzano al Tagliamento, Pordenone,
    Latisana, Casarsa della Delizia, Mezzocorona, Ora, and San Dona di Piave. In
    Greece, 39 P-51s strafe Tatoi, Kalamaki, and Eleusis Airfields. Other P-51s
    escort Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force (MATAF) C-47s and fly
    reconnaissance.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather restricts medium
    bombers to attacks on 2 bridges at Bistagno and Villafranca d'Asti; fighter-
    bombers closely support ground forces fighting in the Loiano-Quinzanod'Oglio-
    Sassoleone areas, and hit communications N of the battle areas; HQ 47th
    Bombardment Group (Light) and the 84th, 85th and 86th Bombardment Squadrons
    (Light) move from Follonica to Rosignano Airfield with A-20s; HQ 79th Fighter
    Group and the 86th and 87th Fighter Squadrons move from Southern France to
    Iesi with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island attack shipping W of
    Iwo Jima Island and bomb airfields, the radio station, buildings, and area
    targets on Marcus, Pagan, and Iwo Jima Islands. P-47s hit gun positions,
    beach defenses, buildings, and the wharf area on Pagan Island. B-24s from the
    Marshall Islands bomb the airfield on Moen Island, Truk Atoll.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: On Celebes Island,
    B-25s bomb Sidate and Bolaang-oeki. On Halmahera Island, P-40s and B-25s
    attack Galela and Kaoe Airfields. B-25s and A-20s on a shipping sweep bomb
    town and port area of Amboina on Ambon Island, hit a wharf at Halong on
    Celebes Island, and attack shipping and shore targets of opportunity at
    various points. In New Guinea, HQ 403d Troop Carrier Group moves from Los
    Negros Island, Admiralty Islands to Biak Island; the 13th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 403d Troop Carrier Group, based on Espiritu Santo Island, New
    Hebrides Islands, ceases operating from Los Negros Island and begins
    operating from Wakde Island with C-47s; the 63d Troop Carrier Squadron, 403d
    Troop Carrier Group, based on Biak Island, begins operating from Wakde Island
    with C-47s. In the Moluccas Islands, the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter
    Group, moves from Owi, Schouten Islands to Morotai Island with P-38s.

    THURSDAY, 5 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): At dawn on Paramushiru Island, 2 B-24s bomb
    Kashiwabara and Kurabu Cape.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 11 P-47s hit Mawlu and attack
    locomotives and targets of opportunity in the Naha area; 8 B-25s attack
    bridges at Namhkai, damaging the main bridge. Troop carriers fly 250+ sorties
    to various locations in the CBI. The 493d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 7th
    Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Tezgaon to Pandaveswar, India with
    B-24s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 12 B-25s and 22 fighter-bombers
    attack Samshui, Koyiu and Takhing; 8 hit targets of opportunity in the
    Canton-Wuchou area, and 3 bomb a storage area at Mangshih; 50+ P-40s and
    P-51s over wide areas of S China attack rivercraft, road traffic, bridges,
    town areas, and troops.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): HQ 442d Troop Carrier Group
    and the 303d and 304th Troop Carrier Squadrons move from Weston Zoyland,
    England to Bonnetable and Peray, France respectfully, with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): General Order 507 implements the
    decision of 15 Sep to assign staff officers of HQ VIII Fighter Command to HQ
    Eighth AF to represent units in administrative functions, thus eliminating
    the administrative and operational control from HQ VIII Fighter Command and
    placing it under HQ Eighth AF; this is necessitated by the transfer of
    fighter groups to Bombardment Divisions. 2 missions are flown:
      Mission 665: 1,090 bombers and 733 fighters are dispatched to hit
    industrial targets, airfields and railways in W Germany; 9 bombers and 5
    fighters are lost:
      1. 348 B-17s dispatched hit targets of opportunity at Cologne (248),
    Brechten (27), Dortmund (14) and Coblenz (11) using GH and H2X; 3 B-17s are
    lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 156 damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 16 MIA.
    Escort is provided by 181 of 193 P-51s; 3 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      2. 360 B-24s are dispatched to hit Lippstadt Airfield (175), Rheine
    marshalling yard (107) and Paderborn Airfield (28) visually; targets of
    opportunity hit are Herford marshalling yard (8) and Lipperode Airfield (2);
    1 B-24 is damaged beyond repair and 7 damaged. Escort is provided by 260
    P-47s and P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft in the air and 15-0-7 on the
    ground; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 3 P-47s and 1 P-51 damaged.
      3. 382 B-17s are dispatched to hit Munster/Loddenheide Airfield (235) and
    Munster/Handorf Airfield (68) using PFF means; targets of opportunity hit are
    the Rheine marshalling yard (10) and other (2); 6 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged
    beyond repair and 190 damaged; 6 airmen are WIA and 55 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 234 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      Mission 666: 8 of 10 bombers drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands and
    Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 330+ B-26s and A-20s dispatched
    against targets in Arnhem, the Netherlands and Aldenhoven and Duren, Germany
    are recalled; fighters hit pillboxes along the Westwall, support ground
    forces of the XV Corps in France, fly armed reconnaissance in the Prum, Bonn,
    Koblenz, Trier and Landau, Germany areas, hit targets along the Rhine-Marne
    Canal, and during the night of 5/6 Oct fly patrol in Belgium, E France, and W
    Germany. In Belgium, the 493d Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group, moves
    from Cambrai/Niergnies, France to St Trond with P-47s. In France, the 22d
    Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from Athis to Juvincourt with
    P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather causes the recall
    of heavy bombers.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy during the night of 4/5
    Oct A-20s bomb targets of opportunity in the battle area in the mountains S
    of Bologna and N of the Arno River Valley; during the day weather grounds
    medium bomber wings and the XII Fighter Command; the 8th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 62d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Galera Airfield to Malignano
    Airfield with C-47s; the 85th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group, moves
    from Southern France to Iesi with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Saipan Island-based P-47s hit Pagan Island with
    rockets and bombs; a B-24 bombs gun positions on the island.  B-25s from the
    Gilbert Islands bomb runways and gun positions on Nauru Island while B-24s
    from the Marshall Islands bomb an airfield at Moen Island, Truk Atoll and
    during the night of 5/6 Oct strike Wake Island. The 28th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Squadron, Seventh Air Force, based at Kipapa Airfield, Hawaii,
    sends a detachment to Peleliu Island, Palau Islands with F-5s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb
    airfields in the Kendari area on Celebes Island.  B-25s and P-38s hit
    Kairatoe Airfield on Celebes Island, the town of Amboina on Ambon Island and
    numerous coastal and shipping targets of opportunity in the Ambon-Ceram
    Islands area. In New Guinea, A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers attack Urarom,
    the Simora Point area, Doom Island, Babo, Efman and Samate Airfields and
    disposal areas; A-20s blast Japanese bivouacs and supply areas near Sarmi; HQ
    54th Troop Carrier Wing moves from Nadzab to Biak Island. In the Moluccas
    Islands, the 418th Night Fighter Squadron, V Fighter Command [attached to HQ
    310th Bombardment Wing (Medium)], moves from Owi, Schouten Islands to Morotai
    Island with P-61s.

    FRIDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 20+ P-47s bomb troop
    concentrations in Mawlu and Bilumyo and damage an approach to bridge at
    Seywa; 8 B-25s attack bridges at Hsenwi, damaging the main bridge but causing
    little harm to bypass bridges. Transport operations continue on large scale
    in the CBI. In India, HQ 7th Bombardment Group (Heavy) moves from Kurmitola
    to Pandaveswar while it's 436th and 492d Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) move
    from Tezzgaon to Madhaigani with B-24s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 12 B-25s bomb Wucbou and attack
    boats and other targets of opportunity in the Canton area; 50+ P-40s and
    P-51s on armed reconnaissance over areas of China S of the Yangtze River
    attack rivercraft, bridges, town areas, troop concentrations and targets of
    opportunity along the N French Indochina coast; the flight of the 35th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, at Nanning, returns to
    base at Chanyi with F-5s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force):  The first P-61 night fighters
    arrive in Chengtu, China on the eve of the third air raid; in 10 attacks from
    6 Sep to 19 Dec, only 43 aircraft participate.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): The 305th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Weston Zoyland, England to
    Peray, France with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 667: 1,271 bombers and 784 fighter are dispatched to hit
    industrial targets in N Germany; with one exception, all attacks are visual;
    19 bombers and 4 fighters are lost:
      1. 447 B-17s are dispatched to hit Stargard Airfield (199), aircraft
    factories at Neubrandenburg (73) and Stettin (12); targets of opportunity are
    Stralsund (110), Kappeln (36), Freienwalde (1) and other (1); 1 B-17 is lost
    and 34 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 180 of 202 P-51s;
    they claim 3-1-3 aircraft in the air and 30-0-14 on the ground; 3 P-51s are
    lost (pilots MIA), 2 damaged beyond repair and 4 damaged.
      2. 418 B-17s are dispatched to Berlin to hit a munitions dump at Berlin/
    Spandau (144), aircraft factories at Berlin/Spandau (138) and tank factory at
    Berlin/Tegel (100); 10 hit a target of opportunity. 17 B-17s are lost, 1
    damaged beyond repair and 234 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 4 WIA and 154 MIA.
    Escort is provided by 363 of 414 P-51s; they claim 15-0-5 aircraft; 1 P-51 is
    lost and 3 damaged.
      3. 406 B-24s are dispatched to hit Harburg/Rhenania oil refinery (121) with
    PFF methods, munitions dumb at Hamburg/Glinde (89) and aircraft factories at
    Hamburg/Klockner (79) and Wenzendorf (46); targets of opportunity are Stade
    Airfield (29), the Hamburg area (8), Nordhoz Airfield (2), Bremervorde (1)
    and Ottersberg (1); 1 B-24 is lost and 127 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA
    and 10 MIA. Escort is provided by 156 of 168 P-47s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft
    in the air; 6 P-47s are damaged.
      Mission 668: 6 B-24s and 4 B-17s drop leaflets in Germany, the Netherlands
    and France during the night without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 300+ B-26s and A-20s hit marshalling
    yards, barracks, and ammunition dump at Hengelo, the Netherlands and Duren,
    Germany and bridges at Arnhem, the Netherlands and Aldenhoven, Germany; in
    Germany, fighters fly armed reconnaissance in the Dusseldorf, Aachen, Trier,
    Dieuze, and Koblenz areas, sweeps and patrols in forward areas, attack
    railroads in the Dorsel area, and support the First, Third, and Seventh
    Armies' forces in E France and W Germany. In France, HQ 397th Bombardment
    Group (Medium) moves from Dreux to Peronne.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      AAF, MTO: The 121st Liaison Squadron, AAF MTO, moves from Pomigliano to
    Florence, Italy with L-4s and L-5s ("A" Flight is at Vittel, France).

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Weather cancels bombing
    operations; in Greece, 35 P-38s strafe airfields at Sedhes, Megalo Mikra,
    Megara, Eleusis, and Tatoi, and 55 P-51s strafe Kalamaki airfield.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather cancels all
    operations of the medium bomber wing and the XII Fighter Command. In France,
    the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command
    (attached to Provisional Reconnaissance Group), moves from Dijon to Azelot
    with F-5s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island hit Iwo Jima Island in
    harassment attacks during the night of 6/7 Oct. In the Marshall Islands, a
    B-24 from Kwajalein Atoll bombs a heavy gun battery on Emidj Island, Jaluit
    Atoll. During the night of 6/7 Oct, 3 B-24s bomb Wake Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: On Halmahera
    Island, P-38s hit Kaoe Airfield and shipping near Djailolo. In the Ceram
    Island-Amboina, Ambon Island-Boeroe, Sunda Island area B-25s and P-38s attack
    Namlea on Buru Island, Waai on Celebes Island, Amahai on Ceram Island, and
    several small craft. In New Guinea, P-47s bomb Kaimana; and the 547th Night
    Fighter Squadron moves from Oro Bay to Owi, Schouten Islands with P-38s and
    P-61s.

    SATURDAY, 7 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 5 P-47s bomb supplies and troops
    at Man Hpa.  Large-scale transport operations continue to deliver men and
    supplies to various points in the CBI.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 53 P-51s and P-40s on armed
    reconnaissance attack troop concentrations, bridges, river and rail traffic,
    town areas, and supply dumps around Tunghsiangchiao, Pingnam, Hsinganhsien,
    Chuanhsien, Lingling, Wuchou, Houmachen, Chiuchiang, and Paoching.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 669: 1,422 bombers and
    900 fighters are dispatched to hit oil installations and armored vehicle
    plants in Germany; with one exception, bombing is visual; 40 bombers and 11
    fighters are lost:
      1. 142 of 149 B-17s hit the oil refinery at Politz; 17 B-17s are lost and
    106 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 17 WIA and 171 MIA. Escort is proivded by 93
    of 108 P-51s; they claim 7-0-3 aircraft; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      2. 333 B-17s are dispatched to hit the oil refinery at Ruhland (59);
    targets of opportunity hit are Zwickau Airfield (60), motor vehicle facotry
    at Zwickau (58), Dresden (30), Freiburg (24) and other (87); 3 B-17s are lost
    and 172 damaged. Escort is provided by 214 of 256 P-51s; they claim 12-0-0
    aircraft in the air and 1-0-1 on the ground; 4 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA), 1
    damaged beyond repair and 1 damaged; 1 pilot is WIA.
      3. 451 B-17s are dispatched to hit oil refineries at Merseburg/Leuna (129),
    Lutzendorf (88) and Bohlen (86); targets of opportunity are Bielefeld (51),
    Hameln (27) and Nordhausen Airfield (24); they claim 11-13-10 aircraft; 16
    B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 240 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 15
    WIA and 149 MIA. Escort is provided by 250+ P-47s and P-51s; tehy claim
    10-0-1 aircraft; 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost (pilots MIA), 1 P-51 is damaged
    beyond repair and 2 P-47s and 1 P-51 are damaged.
      4. 489 B-24s are dispatched to hit an armored vehicle plant at Kassel/
    Henschel (122) and oil refineries at Kassel/Altenbauna (88), Magdeburg/Buckau
    (62) and Magdeburg/Rothensee (25); targets of opportunity are Clausthal
    (129), Bergen/Steinfort (10), Hengelo marshalling yard (4) and other (6); 4
    B-24s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 183 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 6
    WIA and 38 MIA. Escort is provided by 214 P-38s, P-47s and P-51s; they claim
    8-0-0 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-47 and 3 P-51s ar elost and 1 P-47 and 1
    P-51 are damaged; 3 pilots are MIA.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ Ninth AF cancels previous
    instructions against bombing bridges and opens to attack all bridges on the
    US front, except those over the Rhine River. 300+ B-26s and A-20s strike
    bridges at Arnhem, the Netherlands and in Germany, bridges at Bullay and
    Dillingen, a supply depot at Euskirchen, and marshalling yard and warehouse
    at Hengelo and Trier; fighters fly bomber escort, sweeps and armed
    reconnaissance in the forward areas, hitting railroads, barges, and troop
    concentrations, and support ground forces in E France and W Germany. In
    France, the 597th, 598th and 599th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 397th
    Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Dreux to Peronne with B-26s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      AAF, MTO: "D" Flight of the 121st Liaison Squadron, AAF, MTO, moves from
    Florence, Italy to Vittel, France with L-4 and L-5s and joins "A" Flight.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 350+ B-17s and
    B-24s bomb the Lobau and Schwechat oil refineries and Winterhafen oil depot
    in the Vienna area; nearly 30 others hit targets of opportunity in Hungary
    including marshalling yards at Szombathely and Zalaegerszeg. 330+ B-24s,
    escorted by P-38s and P-51s, attack marshalling yards at Nove Zamky,
    Czechoslovakia and Komarom, Hungary and airfield at Gyor, Hungary. 6 B-17s
    escorted by 54 P-51s, evacuate US airmen from Czechoslovakia to Italy.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather again grounds
    the medium bombers; fighter-bombers hit guns and troop concentrations in the
    battle area, which extends over a wide front S of Bologna in the region of
    Monte Stanco, Monte Cauala, Monte Castellaro, and Monte Ceei, and
    communications to the N; the 12th Troop Carrier Squadron, 60th Troop Carrier
    Group, moves from Brindisi to Pomigliano with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island, on armed
    reconnaissance, attack Marcus Island and nearby shipping.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s over Mindanao
    Island, Philippine Islands, bomb Zamboanga while a P-38 cover force hits
    seaplanes, shipping, and other targets of opportunity in the area. On Celebes
    Island, B-25s bomb Langoan, Tompaso, and Tondegesang. P-38s attack Kaoe on
    Halmahera Island, and hit oil tanks at Boela on Ceram Island. B-25s bomb
    a storage area at W Amboina, Ambon Island. In New Guinea, P-38s and B-25s
    strike Doom Island and Babo airfield.

    SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Photo missions to Paramushiru, Matsuwa,
    Onnekotan and Shasukotan Islands turn back due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 20+ P-47s hit targets of
    opportunity in the Mawhun and Manyut areas, knock out a bridge at Seywa, and
    bomb railroad tracks in N Burma; 5 B-25s damage a bridge and score hits on
    the other bridge approaches at Namhkai and knock out 2 bridges at Wuntho and
    Kawlin. In India, HQ 443d Troop Carrier Group moves from Dinjan to Ledo.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): 12 P-40s and P-51s hit locomotives, trucks,
    and river traffic at Yuncheng and NE of Pengtse.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): A revision and elaboration (from
    28 Sep-8 Oct) of the Ninth AF interdiction program against railroads
    connected with the Rhine River results in the issuance of a new interdiction
    program; it includes rail lines further to the E and requires attacks by all
    4 Tactical Air Commands of the Ninth AF, plus aid from the British Second
    Tactical AF.  300+ B-26s and A-20s, with fighter escort, hit strongpoints and
    bridges over wide areas of E France and W Germany; fighters support ground
    forces of the US VII, XV, XIX, and XX Corps in E France and W Germany, and
    attack airfields, railroads, and numerous military targets in forward areas.
    In France, HQ 394th Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 584th and 585th
    Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move from Bricy to Cambrai/Niergnies with
    B-26s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather limits operations
    to reconnaissance and sea-search missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather forces
    medium bombers to cancel missions; XII Fighter Command fighters are airborne
    to support ground forces over the battle area and abort all missions; HQ 60th
    Troop Carrier Group and the 28th Troop Carrier Squadron move from Brindisi to
    Pomigliano with C-47s. In France, the detachment of the 23d Photographic
    Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Group [attached to
    3d Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)] operating from Dijon with F-5s
    returns to base at Valence.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 3 Saipan Island-based B-24s hit Pagan and
    Marcus Islands. 24 P-47s hit buildings, beach defenses, and gun positions on
    Pagan Island. During the day and night of 8/9 Oct B-24s from the Marshall
    Islands bomb Wake Island. In Hawaii, the 531st Fighter Squadron, 21st Fighter
    Group, moves from Kuoloa to Mokuleia Field with P-38s and P-51s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: On Ceram Island,
    P-47s bomb Amahai and Boela. In the Moluccas Islands, P-38s hit Dodinga Bay
    barge hideouts, supplies and targets of opportunity along Wasile and Kaoe
    Bays on Halmahera Island. In New Guinea, B-25s, A-20s, and fighter-bombers
    hit Sorong, Doom Island, runways and targets of opportunity at Efman and
    Samate, and gun positions, bivouacs, and supplies at Simora Point; a
    detachment of the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Photographic
    Group (Reconnaissance), begins operating from Noemfoor Island with F-5s
    (squadron HQ begins a movement from Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands to
    Morotai Island; another detachment is operating from Bougainville Island,
    Solomon Islands).

    MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 50+ P-47s knock out a bridge at
    Manyut and thoroughly pound the town area, bomb enemy positions at Nyaunggon,
    Pinhe, and near Mawhun, damage a bridge near Mawlu, and hit a variety of
    targets in the Katha area; 9 B-25s attack road bridges SW of Lashio, knocking
    out Na-lang and Nampawng bridges; the B-25s hit several targets of
    opportunity in the area. Transport aircraft continue a steady supply of
    various points in the CBI. A detachment of the 9th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, begins
    operating from Chittagong, India with F-5s (squadron is based at Barrackpore,
    India).

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 2 B-25s bomb the area N of
    Mangshih; 3 B-24s hit shipping along the lower Yangtze River; 29 P-51s and
    P-40s on armed reconnaissance attack river traffic, troops, bridges, and
    other targets of opportunity in areas around Tanchuk, Tengyun, Anking, and
    Amoy; the airstrip at Tanchuk is temporarily put out of commission.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 670: 1,110 bombers and 878 fighters are dispatched to make PFF
    attacks on industrial targets in S and C Germany; 1 bomber is lost:
      1. 329 of 345 B-17s hit the secondary target, ball bearing plants at
    Schweinfurt; 1 other hit a target of opportunity; 15 B-17s are damaged.
    Escort is proivded by 338 of 364 P-51s; 3 P-51s are damaged beyond repair;
    1 pilot is WIA.
      2. 381 B-17s are dispatched to hit the marshalling yard at Mainz (210)
    and aircraft engine plant at Gustavsburg (148); 84 B-17s are damaged. Escort
    is provided by 202 Ninth AF P-38s and P-47s; 2 P-38s are damaged.
      3. 360 of 384 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Koblenz; 1 hit a
    target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 17
    damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 10 MIA. Escort is provided by 271 of 295
    P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft in the air and 1-0-0 on the ground.
      Mission 671: 2 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands during the night.
      HQ 12th Bombardment Wing is inactivated at Marks Hall, England.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ Ninth AF gives the Tactical Air
    Commands an initial attack list of 10 bridges on the US front; other lists
    follow. 30 9th Bombardment Division aircraft attack a rail bridge at
    Euskirchen, Germany; fighters provide escort and fly uneventful armed
    reconnaissance; P-47s sent against airfields in Germany are recalled because
    of bad weather.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather restricts
    operations to weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather again grounds
    the medium bombers; fighter-bombers, and fighters hit roads, rail crossing,
    transport and other targets in the Bologna and Sabbioso areas; the 97th
    Bombardment Squadron (Light), 47th Bombardment Group (Light), moves form
    Follonica to Rosignano Airfield with A-20s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 18 B-24s from Saipan Island pound Iwo Jima
    Island. 25 B-25s from the Marshall Islands bomb Truk Atoll. The 28th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Seventh AF (attached to VII Fighter
    Command), moves from Kipapa Airfield to Kualoa Airfield, Hawaii with F-5s
    (detachments are operating from Saipan and Peleliu Islands).

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s, A-20s, and
    fighter-bombers attack Boela on Ceram Island, Namlea and Kairatoe on Celebes
    Island, and Liang on Ambon Island, concentrating on oil tanks and airfields.
    On Halmahera Island, B-25s and fighter-bombers hit Lolobata and Hate Tabako
    Airfields and nearby barges, supplies, and other targets of opportunity. In
    New Guinea, A-20s and fighter-bombers strike Faan and Langgoer Airfields,
    P-40s hit Manokwari, and B-25s bomb Samate.

    TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-24s abort a strike at Kashiwabara,
    Paramushiru Island due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 28 P-47s support ground forces
    near Pinhe, bomb the towns of Tawbon and Man Naung, and hit targets of
    opportunity in and near Momauk. Transport operations to various points in the
    CBI continue at the rate of 250+ sorties.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 12 B-25s bomb and considerably
    damage the Kunlong ferry; 38 P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance attack a
    bridge and other targets of opportunity near Mangshih, hit troop areas around
    Tanchuk and Wuchou, river traffic near Dosing, and locomotives and barges
    along the N French Indochina coast.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather cancels daytime bomber and
    fighter operations. IX Air Defense Command during the night of 10/11 Oct
    flies patrol over Belgium and W Germany.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Italy, almost 170 B-17s and
    B-24s attack 4 marshalling yards at Treviso and Mestre and bridges at
    Susegana and San Dona di Piave plus rail lines in surrounding areas; about 90
    fighters provide support in the Udine-Treviso area; 350+ other heavy bombers
    are forced to abort a mission because of weather.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers are again
    grounded due to weather; fighter-bombers, though also hampered by weather,
    manage to closely support ground forces, particularly at Monte delle Formiche
    where US 85th Infantry Division elements are stopped short of the the crest,
    and attack communications N of the battle area in the N Apennines; the 11th
    Troop Carrier Squadron, 60th Troop Carrier Group, moves from Brindisi to
    Pomigliano with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 14 B-24s from Saipan Island bomb the airfield
    on Iwo Jima Island and shipping off the E shore. 24 P-47s pound buildings and
    storage caves on Pagan Island; later a B-24 bombs the radio station N of the
    airfield on Pagan Island. 12 B-25s from Makin Island bomb runways and
    adjacent AA positions on Nauru Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s strike oil
    refineries and an airfield in the Balikpapan, Borneo area; the B-24s and
    escorting P-47s and P-38s claim 30+ Japanese fighters downed. On Halmahera
    Island, P-38s and B-25s bomb Djailolo, Kaoe, and Hate Tabako Airfield and
    the Wasile town area. P-47s hit Liang Airfield on Ambon Island. In New
    Guinea, A-20s hit the Sarmi area and A-20s and B-25s bomb Urarom Airfield.

    WEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, 4 B-25s over Shimushiru
    and Paramushiru Islands blow up 3 buildings and damage 2 others at Cape
    Namikawa.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 15 P-47s hit guns and enemy
    positions near Pinhe while 9 attack the town of Manwein and hit targets of
    opportunity in the area; 8 others hit the towns of Nayakaung and Nansiaung; 8
    B-25s attack bridges at Man Pwe, Tahpalai, and Namyao damaging only the Man
    Pwe bridge; 23 P-47s hit troops and stores near Tawbon and at Hkawan, knock
    out Kawnghka bridge and damage the Wanling bridge. Transport flights continue
    to points throughout the CBI. The detachment of the 4th Combat Cargo
    Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, operating from Yunnani, China returns to
    base at Sylhet, India with C-47s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 2 B-25s knock out a bridge S of
    Mangshih; 3 P-40s attack sampans from Tanchuk to Tengyun while 8 hit general
    targets of opportunity N of Mangshih.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 672: 135 B-17s are dispatched to bomb the Wesseling synthetic oil
    plant (57); 73 others hit the secondary, the Koblenz marshalling yard; 4
    B-17s are lost and 61 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 38 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 135 of 139 P-47s; 1 P-47 is lost.
      Mission 673: 9 aircraft drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands and
    Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, 99 B-26s and A-20s, with
    fighter escort, sent to bomb the Camp-de-Bitche military camp are recalled
    when Pathfinder equipment malfunctions and weather prevents visual bombing.
    In Germany, fighters fly armed reconnaissance, cut rail lines in the Aachen-
    Rhine area, and support the US VII and XIX Corps in the Aachen area, and US
    XII, XV, and XX Corps in the Metz-Saarlautern area. In Luxembourg, the 160th
    Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves
    from Montrevil, France to Sandweiler with F-6s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, about 180 B-17s and
    B-24s, with fighter escort, bomb Vienna S ordnance depot, Graz motor works, S
    and SW areas of Vienna, the towns of Hirtenberg and Enzesfeld, the
    marshalling yard at Zeltweg, the Dravograd, Yugoslavia railroad bridge on the
    Yugoslav-Hungarian boundary, and in Italy, railroad and highway bridges at
    Cesara, and Trieste harbor; 250+ heavy bombers fail to complete missions
    because of bad weather; 18 P-51s strafe targets in the Bratislava,
    Czechoslovakia and Budapest, Hungary areas, including supply dumps, and
    trains and destroy 17 airplanes at Esztergom landing ground, Hungary; 37
    other P-51s strafe Prostejov Airfield, Czechoslovakia and targets of
    opportunity in the surrounding area, destroying nearly 30 aircraft and
    trucks, locomotives, and railroad cars. HQ 5th Photographic Reconnaissance
    Group moves from San Severo to Bari, Italy.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, despite bad weather
    medium bombers attack bridges and supply dumps in the Po Valley; fighter-
    bombers and fighters closely support ground forces in the Apennine Mountains
    between Florence and Bologna where fierce fighting rages on Monte delle
    Formiche, Livergnano escarpment, Monte delle Tombe, Gesso ridge, and Monte
    Battaglia; also hit are communications behind the battle area and as far W
    and N as Genoa, Turin, and Savona; the detachments of the 16th and 35th Troop
    Carrier Squadrons, 64th Troop Carrier Group, operating from Istres, France
    returns to base at Ciampino with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Saipan Island-based P-47s hit buildings on
    Pagan Island with rockets and bombs. A Kwajalein Atoll-based B-24 bombs Wake
    Island during the night.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb the
    Koeandang and Langoan area on Celebes Island. P-38s pound Miti Airfield on
    Halmahera Island. A-20s and fighter-bombers attack airfields at Liang on
    Ambon Island, Kairatoe on Celebes Island, Laha on Ambon Island, Haroekoe on
    Haroekoe Island, and Namlea on Buru Island. In New Guinea, Langgoer Airfield
    is bombed by P-47s and P-47s hit Babo Airfield while A-20s attack Sarmi troop
    concentrations. At night B-24s bomb Sasa Matina and Buayoan Airfield on
    Mindanao Island, Philippine Islands

    THURSDAY, 12 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): B-24s hit the airfield and shipping targets in
    the Matsuwa Island-Onnekotan Island area.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 18 P-47s bomb railroad targets in
    the Naba-Mawlu rail corridor damaging a bridge approach, and strike troops
    and stores near Nayakaung; 12 other P-47s hit various targets at Pintha and
    Nyaunggon; 4 B-25s knock out a bridge just N of Lashio and 3 others knock out
    a bridge at Kawlin and damage tracks near the Man Pwe bridge.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 3 B-25s and 12 P-40s hit the
    Chefang storage area and a bridge and general targets of opportunity in the
    Mangshih area; 40+ P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance covering wide
    areas of S China and extending into W Burma attack troop concentrations,
    river traffic, storage areas, and buildings in areas around Taochuan,
    Kweiping, Hsinganhsien, Yuncheng, Tanchuk, and Hsenwi.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): The following B-29 units are
    inactivated in India: HQ 58th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) and the 795th
    Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy), 468th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), at
    Kharagpur; the 679th Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy), 444th Bombardment
    Group (Very Heavy) at Dudhkundi; the 771st Bombardment Squadron (Very Heavy),
    462d Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), at Piardoba.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 674: 552 bombers and 514 fighters are dispatched to hit targets in
    Germany; they claim 18-3-1 aircraft; 3 bombers and 5 fighters are lost:
      1. Weather prevents the 290 B-24s dispatched to hit the primaries at Vechta,
    Achmer, Rheine and Varrelbusch; PFF means were used to hit the secondary, the
    marshalling yard at Osnabruck (267); 5 others hit Diepholz Airfield, a target
    of opportunity; 2 B-24s are lost and 67 damaged; 19 airmen are MIA. Escort is
    provided by 210 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 1-1-0 aircraft in the air.
      2. 262 B-17s are dispatched to aviation industries at Bremen (267) bombing
    visually; 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost, 1 damaged
    beyond repair and 59 damaged. 7 airmen are KIA, 1 WIA and 9 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 273 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 17-2-1 aircraft; 5 P-51s are lost
    (pilots MIA).
      Mission 675: 8 aircraft are dispatched to drop leaflets in the Netherlands,
    France and Germany during the night; 2 B-24s are lost.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ Ninth AF is delegated
    administrative (in addition to operational) control over HQ XII Tactical Air
    Command hitherto assumed by US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSTAF).
    Advanced HQ XIX Tactical Air Command arrives at Nancy, France, following the
    advance of the US Third Army. Almost 250 B-26s and A-20s bomb Camp-de-Bitche,
    France military camp, rail bridges at Grevenbroich and Ahrweiler, Germany,
    city areas of Langerwehe and Aldenhoven, Germany, and Venraij, the
    Netherlands, and various targets of opportunity; escorting fighters also fly
    armed reconnaissance and rail cutting in the Dusseldorf and Aachen, Germany
    and Belfort, France areas, and support the VIII, XII, XV, and XX Corps in E
    France and W Germany. In France, the 14th Liaison Squadron, XIX Tactical Air
    Command (attached to Third Army), moves from Gussainville to Nancy with L-5s;
    the 365th, 366th and 367th Fighter Squadrons, 358th Fighter Group, based at
    Vitry-le-Francois, begins operating from St Dizier with P-47s; the 586th and
    587th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 394th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves
    from Bricy to Cambrai/Niergnies with B-26s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Around 700 B-17s and B-24s,
    with fighter support, pound ammunition and fuel dumps and depots, bivouac
    area, barracks, vehicle repair shop, munitions factory and targets of
    opportunity in the Bologna, Italy area (Operation PANCAKE) supporting the US
    Fifth Army offensive in that sector. 160 P-51s strafe the mainline railroad
    and Danube River traffic in the Vienna, Austria-Gyor, Hungary-Budapest,
    Hungary areas and strafe Seregelyes Airfield, Hungary, disrupting traffic and
    destroying many enemy airplanes.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers,
    supporting the US Fifth Army, attack communications, supply dumps, and
    bivouac and barracks areas S of Bologna; fighter-bombers and XII Fighter
    Command fighters, mainly in support of the US Fifth Army, blast supply dumps,
    gun positions, troop concentrations, and communications in the high country S of
    of Bologna while the Desert Air Force (DAF) gives similar support to the
    British Eighth Army in the Rimini area.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island bomb the harbor and
    shipping at Chichi Jima and shipping S of Haha Jima in the Bonin Islands, AA
    positions on Marcus Island, and the airfield area on Pagan Island. P-47s hit
    the Pagan Island Airfield area with bombs and rockets. B-24s from Kwajalein
    Atoll bomb Wake Island during the night of 12/13 Oct.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): The first B-29, JOLTIN' JOSIE, THE PACIFIC
    PIONEER, arrives on Saipan Island, piloted by Brigadier General Haywood S
    Hansell, Jr, Commanding General XXI Bomber Command, for whom temporary HQ are
    set up on Saipan Island; also the regular air echelon of HQ 73d Bombardment
    Wing (Very Heavy) arrives on Saipan Island on this date, followed during Oct
    44 and the first week in Nov 44 by 4 bombardment groups and 4 air service
    groups; HQ 313th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) will be established in the
    theater in Dec 44, HQ 314th Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) in Jan 45, HQ 58th
    Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) in Mar 45, and HQ 315th Bombardment Wing (Very
    Heavy) in Apr 45. In Mar 45 HQ VII Fighter Command will be established on Iwo
    Jima Island from where some of its units escort B-29 missions.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: On Celebes Island,
    B-24s bomb Ambesia, Langoan, Mapanget, and Sidate Airfields. B-25s, A-20s,
    and P-47s again pound airfields at Liang and Laha on Ambon Island, Namlea on
    Buru Island, Kairatoe on Celebes Island and Haroekoe on Haroekoe Island, and
    the town of Boela on Ceram Island. P-38s hit numerous targets of opportunity
    on Halmahera Island. In New Guinea, fighter-bombers hit Manokwari and Urarom
    and A-20s bomb pillboxes in the Sarmi area.

    FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): On Paramushiru Island, 4 B-25s bomb Kurabu
    Airfield and bomb and strafe buildings on Tomari Cape, scoring hits on
    canneries, warehouses, and barracks; later, 4 B-24s photograph and bomb
    targets at Kashiwabara.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 38 P-47s strike Okkyin,
    Yebyangale, and Theinlon, and hit troops in the Myothit area; 8 P-47s support
    ground forces in the Mohnyin area, 12 attack and considerably damage Wanling
    bridge and 4 hit targets of opportunity in the area.  Transports fly 280+
    sorties hauling troops and supplies to CBI terminals.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 138 P-40s and P-51s on numerous
    armed reconnaissance missions throughout S China and into W Burma attack
    troop areas, rivercraft, town areas, bridges, trucks, and other targets of
    opportunity; 71 of the fighter-bombers hit targets in the Kweiping area while
    the others attack targets around Chuanhsien, Litou, Shepchung, Tengyun,
    Lungfukwan, Kingshan, Mangshih, and Chefang.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 9th Bombardment Division bombers
    hit bridges at Saarlouis, France, Roermond and Venlo, the Netherlands, and
    Euskirchen and Mayen, Germany, plus several targets of opportunity. Escorting
    fighters also fly armed reconnaissance over the areas of Metz, France and
    extensively over W Germany, attacking railroads and other targets, and
    support the US First, Third, and Seventh Armies. In France, HQ 323d
    Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 453d, 454th, 455th and 456th Bombardment
    Squadrons (Medium) move from Chartres to Laon/Athies with B-26s; the 425th
    Night Fighter Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command, moves from Coulommiers to
    Prosnes with P-61s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 650+ fighter escorted B-17s
    and B-24s bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer, Germany and Vienna/Floridsdorf,
    Austria; motor works, locomotive shops, and marshalling yard at Vienna and
    Graz, Austria; Banhida, Szekesfehervar and Papa, Hungary; and Hranice and
    Mezirici, Czechoslovakia; some of the escorting fighters strafe railroads,
    roads, and an airfield in the areas of Balaton Lake, Hungary; Neusiedler
    Lake and Vienna, Austria; and Prostejov, Czechoslovakia; other fighters
    strafe roads, railroads, and Danube River traffic in the Vienna-Gyor, Hungary-
    Budapest, Hungary areas.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather cancels all
    medium bomber operations except for attacks on 4 targets (bridges and supply
    dumps) in the battle area S of Bologna; fighter-bombers support US Fifth Army
    operations more successfully in the area, hitting gun emplacements, troop
    concentrations, supply dumps, bridges, and vehicles; the 23d Photographic
    Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Photographic Reconnaissance Group [attached to
    3d Photographic Group (Reconnaissance)] moves from Valence, France to
    Malignano with F-5s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island bomb Yap Island,
    Caroline Islands. From the Marshall Islands B-24s pound Truk Atoll. Gilbert
    Islands-based B-25s bomb Nauru Island. In Hawaii, HQ 21st Fighter Group moves
    from Wheeler Field to Mokuleia Field.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s bomb Menado
    on Celebes Island and the surrounding area. P-38s hit AA positions, enemy
    concentrations, and other targets in NE Celebes and Halmahera Islands. A-20s
    and fighter-bombers attack Boela on Ceram Island, oil installations and
    airfields at Amahai on Ceram Island, Kairatoe on Celebes Island, and Namlea
    on Buru Island. In New Guinea, the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance
    Squadron, 4th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), enroute from Guadalcanal
    Island to Morotai Island, sends a detachment to operate from Sansapor with
    F-5s (other detachments are at Bougainville and Noemfoor Islands).

    SATURDAY, 14 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-25s bomb and strafe buildings at Otomae
    Bay, Kurile Islands.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): Transport aircraft fly 200+ sorties,
    delivering men and supplies to various points in the CBI. The 165th Liaison
    Squadron (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, moves from Asanol, India to
    Tamu, Burma with C-64s and L-5s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 32 P-51s and P-40s on armed
    reconnaissance attack troops, town areas, and river traffic around Samshui,
    Mangshih, Kweiping, Hsinganhsien, Konghow and Tajungchiang.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 103 Chengtu, China-based B-29s
    bomb the Okayama aircraft plant on Formosa; 12 more hit last-resort targets
    and targets of opportunity; this is the first Twentieth AF mission during
    which 100+ B-29s attack targets and the first of a series of missions against
    Formosa in conjunction with the US invasion of Leyte Island, Philippine
    Islands.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 676: 211 bombers and 258 fighters make GH attacks on 2 targets in
    Germany: 1 fighter is lost:
      1. 90 of 94 B-17s hit a marshalling yard at Saarbrucken; 8 B-17s are
    damaged. Escort is provided by 105 of 107 P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond
    repair.
      2. 117 of 117 B-24s hit Kaiserslautern; 8 B-24s are damaged. Escort is
    provided by 148 of 151 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      Mission 677: 1,040 bombers and 491 fighters are dispatched to make PFF
    attacks on Cologne, Germany; 5 bombers are lost:
      1. 434 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Gereon marshalling yard (326); 1
    hits a target of opportunity; 2 B-17s are lost and 93 damaged; 3 airmen are
    WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is provided by 141 of 153 P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged
    beyond repair.
      2. 318 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Gremberg (127) and Eifelter (121)
    marshalling yards; 9 others hit Euskirchen; 3 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged
    beyond repair and 137 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 20 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 177 of 184 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      3. 314 of 379 B-17s hit the secondary target, the Gereon marshalling yard;
    1 other hits a target of opportunity; 2 B-17s are damaged beyond repair and
    123 damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 3 WIA. Escort is provided by 151 of 154
    P-47s and P-51s without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Bad weather grounds the A-20s and
    B-26s; fighters escort a leaflet mission, fly sweeps and rail cutting
    operations, armed reconnaissance over E France and W Germany, and support the
    US Third Army.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 317 B-17s and B-24s hampered by
    bad weather, bomb oil refineries at Blechhammer and Odertal, Germany, and
    several targets of opportunity including marshalling yards at Bratislava and
    Nove Zamky, Czechoslovakia, and in Hungary, Komarom and the Nove Zamky
    railroad bridges, Borzavar industrial area, and Ugod military garrison;
    escorting fighters strafe airfields, rail and road traffic and other targets
    of opportunity in the target areas; 52 B-24s bomb a railroad bridge and
    marshalling yard at Maribor, Yugoslavia; 54 P-51s on a strafing mission in
    the Balaton Lake area of Hungary attack airfields at Szekesfehervar and
    Seregelyes; 55 P-38s escort MATAF C-47s carrying airborne forces to Megara
    Airfield, Greece.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather cancels all
    medium bomber operations; 100+ fighters and fighter-bombers pound troop
    concentrations, gun positions, supplies, bridges, roads, and rail lines S, of
    Bologna where hard fighting is taking place in the Monterumici, Livergnano,
    and Gesso ridge areas.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 3 B-24s on armed reconnaissance from Saipan
    Island bomb Marcus Island. P-47s on a sweep over Pagan Island bomb and strafe
    storage caves. 1 B-24 from the Marshall Islands bombs Wake Island during the
    night of 14/15 Oct. HQ 41st Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 48th, 396th
    and 820th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move from Makin Island to Wheeler
    Field, Hawaii with B-25s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s again bomb
    oil refineries and associated industries in the Balikpapan, Borneo area;
    others bomb Pombelaa mine on Celebes Island. A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-
    bombers again hit Laha Airfield on Ambon Island and Haroekoe Airfield on
    Haroekoe Island. In New Guinea, HQ 374th Troop Carrier Group and the 21st
    Troop Carrier Squadron move from Nadzab to Biak Island with C-47s.

    SUNDAY, 15 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-25s on armed reconnaissance over
    Paramushiru Island turn back when the flight drifts off course; 1 B-24
    strafes a freighter off Shimushiru Island.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, about 40 P-47s attack positions in
    the Mohnyin area and at Man Naung, supply concentrations at Kyungyi, railroad
    targets in the Mawhun area, ammunition stores at Manwing, and buildings near
    Muse; 12 B-25s hit the town of Onbauk, storage facilities at Indaw, and
    vicinity of Thabeikkyin. Transport operations in the CBI continue on a large
    scale; the 71st Liaison Squadron, Tenth Air Force [attached to 1st Liaison
    Group (Provisional)], moves from Ledo, India to Sahmaw with L-4s and L-5s. In
    India, the 5th and 6th Fighter Squadrons (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group,
    based in Asansol, send detachments to operate from Cox's Bazar with P-47s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 28 B-24s, 33 P-51s, and 18 P-40s
    pound White Cloud Airfield in Canton and shipping in the Hong Kong area; 2
    B-24s bomb Amoy; 6 fighter-bombers hit targets of opportunity near Mangshih
    and Tajungchiang.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 3 missions are flown.
      Mission 677: 754 bombers and 464 fighters are dispatched to hit industrial,
    oil and rail targets in the Cologne, Germany area; all but 1 force bombs by
    PFF methods; 7 bombers and 3 fighters are lost:
      1. 454 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Geron (141), Nippes (127) and Kalk
    (111) marshalling yards; 11 others hit the Koblenz/Lutzel marshalling yard; 4
    B-17s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 293 damaged; 14 airmen are KIA,
    15 WIA and 40 MIA.  Escort is provided by 146 of 151 P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged
    beyond repair.
      2. 385 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Eifeltor (148) and Imbert (24)
    marshalling yards; secondary targets are the Kalk (117) and Gereon (50)
    marshalling yards; other targets are Wester marshalling yard (11) and other
    (1); 2 B-17s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 230 damaged; 10 airmen are
    KIA, 19 WIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 150 of 154 P-51s; 2 P-51s are
    lost (pilots MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.
      3. 369 B-24s are dispatched to hit oil facilities at Monheim/Rhenania (64)
    and Reisholz (61) visually; secondary targets are Cologne/Gereon marshalling
    yard (185) and Dormigeon (13); targets of opportunity are Worringen (12),
    Cologne Airfield (12) and Limburg marshalling yard (6); 1 B-24 is lost and
    106 damaged; 3 B-24s are lost and 106 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 7 WIA and 10
    MIA. Escort is provided by 131 of 141 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 1
    damaged beyond repair.
      Mission 678A: 2 of 9 B-17s make an APHRODITE attack on naval installations
    on Heligoland Island, Germany; 23 of 24 B-17s fly a cover mission to the same
    targets. Escort is provided by 15 of 16 P-51s and 2 P-38s without loss.
      Mission 679: 5 B-17s and 4 B-24s fly a night leaflet mission over the
    Netherlands, France and Germany without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents bomber operations;
    fighters fly rail cutting missions and support elements of the US First,
    Third, Seventh, and Ninth Armies in E France and W Germany.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather limits operations
    to weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s bomb bridges in
    the W Po Valley; B-26s hit bridges in the E part of the Valley, and have
    excellent success bombing a railway fill at Ossenigo, trapping 300+ railway
    cars N of the target; fighters and fighter-bombers concentrate their efforts
    toward support of ground forces along a wide front in the mountains S of
    Bologna; HQ 63d Fighter Wing moves from Bastia, Corsica to San Pietro.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 27 B-24s from Saipan Island strike fuel
    storage, AA positions, and installations at the airfield on Iwo Jima Island;
    1 other B-24 bombs the airfield at Pagan Island. 2 B-24s from the Marshall
    Islands bomb Wake Island during the night of 15/16 Oct.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: A-20s again pound
    airfields and oil storage on Ceram Island; P-38s carry out a shipping sweep
    over the Flores Island area n the Lesser Sunda Islands and on Halmahera
    Island bomb the Pitoe and Kaoe areas; P-38s bomb Amahai Airfield on Ceram
    Island while bombers on armed reconnaissance hit nearby targets of
    opportunity. In New Guinea, P-47s attack Sagan Airfield; the 33d Troop
    Carrier Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group, moves from Port Moresby to
    Hollandia with C-47s; the 70th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier
    Group, moves from Hollandia to Biak Island with C-47s. HQ 38th Bombardment
    Group (Medium) and the 405th and 823d Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move
    from Biak Island, New Guinea to Morotai Island with B-25s.

    MONDAY, 16 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 7 B-24s fly cover sorties for a naval task
    force,

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 11 P-47s attack 2 railroad bridges
    in the Naba-Mawlu area, damaging approaches to both targets; 5 other P-47s
    hit Japanese forces in the NW part of Madangyang; 12 B-25s, supported by an
    escort of 8 P-47s, pound the airfield at Shwebo. Transports fly 300+ sorties
    in the CBI.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 28 B-24s, 8 B-25s, 26 P-51s, and 21
    P-40s blast shipping and the Kowloon Dock area of Hong Kong; 15 cargo vessels
    are damaged or sunk; 3 other P-51s hit the Wuchou area; 36 P-40s, P-51s, and
    P-38s hit village and town areas, bridges, and troop concentrations in the
    Kweiping, Tanebuk, Hsinganbsien, Tingka, and Chefang areas.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): Over 40 B-29s, out of Chengtu,
    China, bomb the Okayama aircraft plant aircraft plant and Heito Airfield on
    Formosa; 20+ other B-29s bomb alternate or chance targets at Takao, Taichu
    Airfield and Toshien harbor on Formosa, and Swatow and Sintien harbors,
    Hengyang, and several airfields in China.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 680: 2 B-17s and 7 B-24s
    are dispatched on a night leaflet mission to France, the Netherlands and
    Germany.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Ninth AF advance HQ follows HQ
    Twelfth Army Group to Luxembourg. All operations are cancelled due to
    weather. In France, HQ 358th Fighter Group and the 366th and 367th Fighter
    Squadrons move from Vitry-le-Francois to Mourmelon with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Nearly 600 B-17s and B-24s,
    with fighter escort, hit targets in Austria and Czechoslovakia; in Austria,
    they hit a tank factory, tank assembly plant, and aero engine works at Steyr,
    benzol plant and ordnance depot at Linz, plus alternate targets and targets
    of opportunity, including Graz, Neudorf aircraft engine factory, Trieben,
    Linz, Graz, Villach, Salzburg, Klagenfurt, and Sankt Veit an der Glan; in
    Czechoslovakia, they hit the Brux synthetic oil refinery, and armament works
    in Plzen. 20+ P-51s and P-38s fly photo and weather reconnaissance missions
    and sea patrol; 29 P-38s escort MATAF C-47s (transporting airborne troops) to
    Greece and back to Italy.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bomber operations
    are cancelled by bad weather; A-20s and fighter-bombers hit troop
    concentrations, bridges, gun positions, road, rail lines, and vehicles in the
    battle area, particularly in the Monte Belmonte vicinity.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 15 P-47s and 1 B-24 from Saipan Island hit
    Pagan Island. From the Marshall Islands 14 B-24s hit Truk Atoll. The 548th
    Night Fighter Squadron, 7th Fighter Wing, moves from Hickam Field to Kipapa
    Field, Hawaii with P-61s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: P-38s hit the
    harbor, shipping, airfield and trucks on Cagayan Islands, Philippine Islands.
    B-24s blast the Makassar area on Celebes Island. B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-
    bombers again pound the Boeroe Island-Ceram Island airfields and the towns of
    Boela on Ceram Island and Amboina on Ambon Island and hit shipping in Binnen
    Bay in the Moluccas Islands. In New Guinea, fighter-bombers hit Timoeka and
    Mongosah and Sagan Airfields; Langgoer Airfield is pounded by A-20s. HQ 5th
    Bombardment Group (Heavy) and the 23d and 31st Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy)
    move from Noemfoor Island, New Guinea to Morotai Island with B-24s.

    TUESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 7 B-24s fly cover sorties for a naval task
    force.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 15 P-47s bomb a supply area near
    Naba, hit Japanese HQ and a supply area near Mawhun, and blast a supply base
    and permanent camp at Myazedi; 8 B-25s bomb Nawnghkio airfield and 3 attack
    bridges near Kawlin and Thityabin; an approach to the latter bridge is
    damaged. Transports fly almost 300 sorties to various points in the CBI.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 15 B-25s, 12 P-40s, and 10 P-51s
    pound a supply depot at Tien Ho Airfield at Canton; 2 B-24s bomb a supply
    depot at Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong; 44 P-51s and P-40s on armed
    reconnaissance attack rivercraft, troop concentrations, villages, and other
    targets of opportunity around Kweiping, Tengyun, Mangshih, Tajungchiang,
    Wuchou, and Dosing; a runway at Tanchuk Airfield suffers considerable damage.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 10 B-29s, flying out of
    Chengtu, China, bomb Einansho air depot on Formosa; 14 others bomb alternate
    targets.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 681: 1,338 bombers and
    811 fighters are dispatched on PFF attacks in the Cologne, Germany area; 4
    bombers and 1 fighter are lost:
      1. 465 B-17s are dispatched to hit marshalling yards at Cologne/Eifeltor
    (216) and Cologne/Gremberg (34); targets of opportunity are Cologne/Kalk
    marshalling yard (151) and other (2); 1 B-17 is lost, 2 damaged beyond
    repair and 263 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 6 WIA and 9 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 274 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      2. 453 B-17s are dispatched to hit marshalling yards at Cologne/Gereon
    (295) and Cologne/Kalk (142); 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and
    150 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 10 WIA and 37 MIA. Escort is provided by 271
    P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      3. 430 B-24s are dispatched to hit a chemical plant at Leverkusen but
    weather prevents the attack; targets of opportunity hit are the Cologne/
    Gereon (231) and Cologne/Kalk (179) marshalling yards; 1 B-24 is damaged
    beyond repair and 73 damaged. Escort is provided by 229 P-47s and P-51s.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): All Rhine River rail and road
    bridges are cleared for attack; 2 days later Advance HQ prescribes bridges as
    having priority on the target list second only to rail lines. In Germany, 35
    B-26s hit rail bridge at Euskirchen; fighters escort the bombers, fly armed
    reconnaissance in the Strasbourg-Colmar-Mulhouse area, attack railroads in
    the Allendorf an der Lahn-Gemunden area, and marshalling yard at Dielkirchen.
    In France, the 365th, 366th and 367th Fighter Squadrons, 358th Fighter Group,
    move from Vitry-le-Francois to Mourmelon with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 330+ heavy bombers attack
    the oil refinery at Blechhammer S, Germany and the industrial area of Vienna,
    Austria, plus alternate targets and targets of opportunity including
    marshalling yards at Banhida, Nagykanizsa and Szombathely, Hungary; Strass
    and Graz, Austria; and Maribor, Yugoslavia, a railroad bridge at Maribor,
    a rail line at Furstenfeld, Austria, and targets of opportunity scattered
    throughout the Balkans. P-51s escort a C-47 picking up personnel at Valjevo
    Airfield, Yugoslavia, a B-17 carrying a photo crew to Rumania (to photograph
    Ploesti), and several C-47s transporting personnel to Araxos Airfield,
    Greece.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather cancels all
    medium bomber operations and limits fighter-bombers to limited sorties in the
    battle area S of Bologna, hitting roads, rail lines and bridges; A-20s during
    the night of 16/17 Oct on armed reconnaissance over the Po Valley bomb
    targets of opportunity and cause explosions on N edge of Ravenna.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): In the Bonin Islands, 11 B-24s from Saipan
    Island hit shipping off Haha Jima Island, and the town of Okimura; later,
    during the night of 17/18 Oct, 1 B-24 bombs an airfield on Iwo Jima Island.
    B-25s from the Gilbert Islands hit Nauru Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Fighter-bombers and
    B-25s hit airfields, shipping and scattered targets of opportunity in the
    Halmahera Island area. In the Ceram Island-Ambon Island-Boeroe Island area
    A-20s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers continue to pound airfields and oil
    facilities. In the principal strike of the day almost 60 B-24s hit oil
    installations, barracks, and shore targets on Ilang and N Davao Bay areas
    of Mindanano Island. HQ XIII Bomber Command moves from Wakde Island to
    Morotai Island. In New Guinea, HQ 433d Troop Carrier Group moves from Port
    Moresby to Biak Island; the air echelon of the 82d Tactical Reconnaissance
    Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, begins operating from Biak
    Island with F-6s and P-40s (squadron is based on Morotai Island).

    WEDNESDAY, 18 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-25s bomb Kurabu Cape Airfield on
    Paramushiru Island and Suribachi; 8-12 interceptors attack the B-25s, which
    claim 2 victories.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 13 P-47s attack Mingaladon
    Airfield, 21 support ground forces in the Mohnyin area, 8 knock out 2 bridges
    at Wanting, and 6 hit troops near Hwemun; 6 B-25s damage approaches to 2 road
    bridges at Wuntho; 6 other B-25s damage approaches to 2 bridges at Namhkai
    and Meza. Transports again fly nearly 300 sorties to several locations in the
    CBI. In India, the 3d Combat Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, moves
    from Sylhet to Tulihal with C-47s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 100+ P-40s and P-51s fly armed
    reconnaissance over vast areas of China S of the Yangtze River, attack town
    areas, troops, rivercraft, gun positions, supply facilities, airfields, and
    other targets of opportunity around Kweiping, Shangkaishow, Tajungchiang,
    Konghow, Wuchou, Shepchung, Hsinganhsien, Tengyun, Liutu, Tanchuk, and
    Takhing. Railroad targets at Lang Son, French Indochina are also attacked.
    The flight of the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF,
    operating from Liangshan moves to Hanchung, China with F-5s (squadron is
    based at Kunming).

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 682: 567 bombers and 604
    fighters are dispatched to hit targets in Germany; 5 bombers and 5 fighters
    are lost:
      1. 337 B-17s are dispatched to make a PFF attack on Kassel/Mittefeld (300);
    targets of opportunity are Cologne (1) and other (2); 2 B-17s are lost; 1
    airman is WIA and 18 MIA. Escort is provided by 388 P-47s and P-51s; 4 P-51s
    are lost.
      2. 118 B-17s are dispatched to make a GH attack on the Ford Plant at
    Cologne (79); 30 others hit Cologne/Nippes marshalling yard; 22 B-17s are
    damaged; 1 airman is KIA and 2 WIA. Escort is provided by 38 of 45 P-47s
    without loss.
      3. 112 B-24s are dispatched to make a GH attack on the industrial complex
    at Leverkusen (39); 30 others hit the Cologne/Nippes marshalling yard; 3
    B-24s are lost and 26 damaged; 27 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 139
    of 146 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents operations of all
    commands (including the 9th Bombardment Division) except IX Tactical Air
    Command fighters which fly sweeps, rail cutting missions, and night patrols,
    and provide air cover for the US 1st Infantry Division in the Aachen, Germany
    area.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 38 P-38s dive-bomb Vinkovci,
    Yugoslavia. 41 P-51s escort C-47s to Greece.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, most medium bomber
    missions are aborted because of weather, but B-26s effectively hit Castel San
    Pietro dell'Emilia warehouses and a railroad bridge at Padua; fighters and
    fighter-bombers, operating on restricted schedule due to weather, offer
    effective close support to ground forces in the mountains S of Bologna and
    hit communications targets in the Bologna and Modena areas; during the night
    of 17/18 Oct A-20s on armed reconnaissance bomb lights and vehicles E of
    Bologna.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s out of Saipan Island bomb Haha Jima
    Island while P-47s bomb and strafe Pagan Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Bad weather
    curtails a major strike on Balikpapan, Borneo; of 120+ B-24s and fighters,
    only 8 B-24s and 8 P-38s reach the target. P-38s hit barges, small shipping,
    and vehicles on W coast of Mindanao Island. In New Guinea, B-24s attack Sagan
    and Babo Airfields. B-25s and fighter-bombers again hit Namlea on Buru
    Island, Amboina and Liang on Ambon Island, and nearby targets, attack targets
    of opportunity at Djailolo on Halmahera Island and in the Wasile Bay area,
    and pound Urarom, Manokwari, Babo, Sagan, Otawiri, and other Vogelkop area
    targets in New Guinea. HQ 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Wakde
    Island, New Guinea to Morotai Island. The 65th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d
    Troop Carrier Group, moves from Nadzab to Biak Island, New Guinea with C-47s.

    THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): A B-24 bombs Kurabu Cape on Paramushiru
    Island.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 10 P-47s blast approaches to 2
    bridges in the Mawlu area and 15 support ground forces in the Mohnyin area,
    hitting the village of Nyaunggaing and damaging a nearby bridge and pounding
    the railroad station at Kadu. In India, a detachment of the 1st Combat Cargo
    Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, begins operating from Hathazari, India with
    C-47s (squadron is based at Sylhet, India).

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 100+ P-51s and P-40s on armed
    reconnaissance over S China hit numerous targets of opportunity from the
    Tungting Lake area to Luichow Peninsula; the fighter-bombers concentrate on
    rivercraft, troop compounds, and building areas; the 35th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, based at Chanyi, sends a detachment
    to operate from Chihkiang with F-5s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 683: 1,022 bombers and 753 fighters attack targets in Germany using
    PFF or GH; 6 bombers and 2 fighters are lost:
      1. 381 B-24s are dispatched to hit the diesel engine and armored vehicle
    plant at Gustavsburg (50) and the Mainz marshalling yard (280) the secondary
    target; 5 B-24s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 148 damaged; 3 airmen
    are KIA and 49 MIA. Escort is provided by 195 P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-47 is lost
    (pilot MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.
      2. 217 of 267 B-17s hit the secondary target, Mannheim; 34 others hit a
    target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost and 97 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 1 WIA
    and 10 MIA. Escort is provided by 286 P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot
    MIA).
      3. 374 B-17s are dispatched to hit an artillery tractor plant at Mannheim
    (25); 257 hit the secondary, Mannheim; targets of opportunity are Karlsruhe
    (32), Kreuznach (10), Rudesheim (9), Bad Kreuznach (8), Steyer (2) and other
    (21); 182 B-17s are damaged; 2 airmen are KIA and 4 WIA. Escort is provided
    by 226 P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
      Mission 684: 5 B-17s and 5 B-24s are dispatched to drop leaflets in France,
    the Netherlands and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents bomber operations;
    fighters attack a tank concentration E of Luneville, France, strafe targets
    NW of Kaiserslautern, Germany, fly reconnaissance in W Germany, and provide
    cover for US Third and Seventh Army forces in E France.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather restricts
    operations to reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): Twelfth AF redesignates HQ XII
    Fighter Command as HQ XXII Tactical Air Command following a reorganization
    period during which the XXII Tactical Air Command was temporarily referred to
    as "X" Tactical Air Command and "X-Ray" Tactical Air Command, to distinguish
    it from HQ XII Fighter Command around which it was formed.
      In Italy, B-26s attack the Mantua causeway, a railway fill at Ossenigo, and
    bridges at Calcinato and Peschiera del Garda; a Luftwaffe fighter attack NW
    of Mantua accounts for 2 B-26s lost and 1 missing; at least 2 of the
    attacking fighters are destroyed; B-25s attack bridges in the Milan area at
    Lonate Pozzolo, Cameri, and Magenta; fighter-bombers of the XXII Tactical Air
    Command hit targets in support of ground forces, concentrating on the Monte
    Grande area, and attack rail lines and bridges N of the battle zone. On the
    night of 18/19 Oct A-20s hit targets of opportunity during armed
    reconnaissance in the Genoa and Bologna areas.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s on armed reconnaissance from Saipan
    Island bomb a bridge, a pier, and the town area on Yap Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s hit Parepare,
    Celebes Island. Fighter-bombers hit Amboina on Ambon Island and Boela
    Airfield on Ceram Island and shipping from Zamboanga S in the Sulu-Mindanao
    Island area, pound the airfield on Cebu Island, Philippine Islands, hit
    nearby shipping, and strafe Miti, Djailolo, and Hate Tabako on Halmahera
    Island.  In New Guinea, A-20s and fighter-bombers blast airfields at Urarom,
    Sagan, and Babo; the 13th and 63d Troop Carrier Squadrons, 403d Troop Carrier
    Group, cease operating from Wakde Island with C-47s and returns to base on
    Biak Island.

    FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 9 P-47s hit encampments and stores
    near Naha; 5 others knock out a road bridge near Wanling and hit a supply
    dump in the area, while 4 more attack troops and supplies in the Nansiaung
    area. Transports fly 200+ sorties in the CBI. In India, the 490th Bombardment
    Squadron (Medium), 341st Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Dergaon to
    Moran with B-25s.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): 18 B-25s bomb docks and storage area at
    Samshui and the town of Kweiping; 28 P-51s and P-40s join the attack on the
    Samshui area; 77 P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance pound road, river,
    and rail traffic, town and village areas and other targets of opportunity
    around Kweiping, Menghsu, Shawan, Kaotienhsu, Pingnam, Hsenwi, Wuchou,
    Dosing, Tanchuk, and coastal areas of French Indochina including Hongay.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In the Netherlands, the 9th
    Bombardment Division hits the Geertruidenberg/Parenboom and Moerdijke rail
    bridges; attacks on other targets are aborted because of bad weather.
    Fighters fly armed reconnaissance over E France and widespread areas of W
    Germany, attack railroads and various military targets, and support US Third
    and Seventh Armies' elements in E France.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 480+ B-17s and B-24s attack an
    oil refinery at Brux, Czechoslovakia, oil storage at Regensburg, an airfield
    at Bad Aibling, and marshalling yard at Rosenheim, Germany and marshalling
    yard at Innsbruck, Austria, motor transport, armament plants, and ordnance
    works at Milan, Italy, plus scattered targets of opportunity. P-38s and P-51s
    escort the Brux, Czechoslovakia and Regensburg, Germany missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, the weather clears,
    permitting for the first time in several days a maximum effort by medium
    bombers which attack 12 bridges and railroad fills in the Po Valley; fighter-
    bombers of the XXII Tactical Air Command, operating on full scale, blast gun
    positions, troop concentrations, supply dumps, and communications targets in
    close support of the US Fifth Army's drive on Bologna from the S; the fighter-
    bombers concentrate on approaches to the Monte Grande area to prevent
    counterattacks.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 6 Saipan Island-based P-47s bomb and strafe
    Pagan Island; later in the day 4 B-24s hit the island. During the night of
    20/21 Oct a B-24 on a snooper mission bombs Iwo Jima Island. In Hawaii, HQ
    VII Fighter Command moves from Ft Shafter to Hickam Field; the 549th Night
    Fighter Squadron, 7th Fighter Wing, arrives at Kipapa Field from the US with
    P-61s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb Davao on
    Mindanao Island. B-25s hit Amboina town on Ambon Island. In New Guinea, the
    2d Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Photographic Wing, arrives at
    Hollandia from the US with F-7s; the 6th Troop Carrier Squadron, 374th Troop
    Carrier Group, moves from Nadzab to Biak Island with C-47s; the ground
    echelon of the 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Group, begins a movement from Biak Island to Leyte Island,
    Philippine Islands (air echelon continues operating from Biak with F-5s); the
    67th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Squadron, moves from
    Hollandia to Biak Island with C-47s.

    FRIDAY, 21 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN: The 1st Composite Squadron, AAF Composite Force 8012,
    begins a movement from Ascension Island to the US.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 15 P-47s damage at least 3 bridges
    throughout the railroad corridor in N Burma; 15 other P-47s support ground
    forces in the Mohnyin area, hitting gun positions and defensive works at
    Ywathit; 12 others attack positions and occupied areas around Bhamo and Muse,
    6 knock out the Paungni River bridge, and 4 attack the town of Mawhun; about
    270 sorties are flown by Tenth AF transports in the CBI. The detachments of
    the 5th and 6th Fighter Squadrons (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group,
    operating from Cox's Bazar, India with P-47s, return to base at Asansol,
    India.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 3 B-25s and 130+ P-40s and P-51s
    attack shipping, gun positions, troop areas, bridges, town areas, road
    traffic, and other targets of opportunity around Yuma, Takhing, Dosing,
    Konghow, Shawan, Kuanyang, Kweiping, Tungpingchi, Tingka, Muse, Wan Lai-Kam,
    Shekpo, Menghsu, and Amoy; the 530th Fighter Squadron, 311th Fighter Group,
    moves from Dinjan, India to Kwanghan with P-51s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Bad weather grounds the bombers.
    Fighters fly armed reconnaissance and attack railroads in W Germany and
    support elements of the US Third and Seventh Armies in E France and W
    Germany. In the Netherlands, the 125th Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force
    (attached to Ninth Army), moves from Arlon, Belgium to Maastricht with L-5s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Hungary, 104 B-24s with
    fighter escort attack marshalling yards at Gyor and Szombathely; almost 100
    P-38s and P-51s strafe Szombathely and Seregelyes Airfields and rail lines
    between Sajoszentpeter to Ipolyszog.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): B-26s, in the day's only medium
    bomber mission in Italy, attack Nervesa della Battaglia railroad bridge and
    causeway; fighters and fighter-bombers operate in close support of US Fifth
    Army forces S of Bologna and fighter-bombers also hit communications in N
    Italy as far N as Verona and as far W as Turin; during the night of 20/21 Oct
    A-20s bomb targets of opportunity during intruder missions N of battle area.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 28 B-24s from Saipan Island bomb Iwo Jima
    Island. 2 B-24s, in the first US air strike from Guam Island, Mariana
    Islands, hit Yap Island. The 26th, 98th and 431st Bombardment Squadrons
    (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), arrive on Guam Island from Kwajalein
    Atoll with B-24s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb Cagayan
    in the Philippine Islands and Parepare on Celebes Island. B-25s and fighter-
    bombers hit Misami Island, New Guinea and blast a truck convoy near Kibawe on
    Mindanao Island.  Other fighter-bombers hit Kaoe Bay supply areas on
    Halmahera Island; fighter-bombers hit Boela Airfield on Ceram Island and the
    Amboina town area on Ambon Island. In New Guinea, Mongosah and Sagan
    Airfields are also bombed; the ground echelon of the 17th Reconnaissance
    Squadron (Bombardment), 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, begins a movement
    from Biak Island to Leyte Island (air echelon operations from Biak Island
    with B-25s until Dec 44); the 64th Troop Carrier Squadron, 403d Troop Carrier
    Group, based on Biak Island ceases operating from Wakde Island with C-47s.

    SUNDAY, 22 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 40+ P-47s hit a variety of targets
    including bridges at Panghkam, and at 2 other points along the N Burma rail
    corridor, the towns of Manna and Kyaungle, a bivouac in the Indaw area, and
    various targets of opportunity.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 2 B-25s knock out 2 railroad
    bridges at Pingnam while 8 P-51s pound the town area; 54 P-40s and P-51s on
    armed reconnaissance attack town areas and general targets of opportunity at
    Nampang, Kuanyang, Shekpo, Pingnam, Kweiping, near Menghsu and Wanling,
    Burma.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ 492d Bombardment Group (Heavy)
    and the 856th, 857th, 858th and 859th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), i.e.,
    the CARPETBAGGER group assigned to HQ VIII Fighter Command, is transferred to
    the 1st Bombardment Division to operate as a night bombing group; only the
    856th Squadron remains on CARPETBAGGER operations over the Netherlands,
    Norway and Denmark under operational control of HQ Eighth AF; this reduction
    of supply dropping forces results from the recapture of major portions of
    France. The 859th Squadron is sent to Italy in Dec 44 and did not return;
    the 857th and 858th started night bombing sorties on a limited scale in Dec
    44.
      Mission 685: 1,131 bombers and 785 fighters are dispatched on PFF attacks
    on targets in W Germany; 2 bombers and 1 fighter are lost:
      1. 379 B-17s are dispatched to hit military vehicle plants at Hannover/
    Hanomag (171) and Brunswick/Bussing (148); targets of opportunity are
    Bielefeld (35) and other (6); 2 B-17s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and
    15 damaged; 20 airmen are KIA, 3 WIA and 16 MIA. Escort is provided by 379
    P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.
      2. 353 of 373 B-24s hit the Hamm marshalling yard; 29 B-24s are damaged.
    Escort is provided by 196 of 212 P-51s; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
      3. 352 of 379 B-17s hit the Munster marshalling yard; 8 others hit targets
    of opportunity; 13 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 147 of 157 P-51s.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Advance HQ XXIX Tactical Air Command
    (Provisional) and HQ 84th and 303d Fighter Wings move from Arlon, Belgium to
    Maastricht, the Netherlands to maintain close association with the US Ninth
    Army. Weather forbids bomber operations; fighter sweeps and armed
    reconnaissance support US Third and Seventh Army elements in E France and W
    Germany. In Belgium, HQ 373d Fighter Group moves from Reims, France to Le
    Culot.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather limits operations
    to reconnaissance flights.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather grounds all
    medium bombers and A-20s; fighters and fighter-bombers, flying less than 20
    sorties, hit rail lines and trains in N Italy; the 7th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 62d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Galera Airfield to Brindisi
    with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Guam Island-based B-24s hit Yap Island with
    harassment raids during the day, operating singly or in groups of 2 or 3.
    Makin Island-based B-25s bomb Nauru Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-25s and P-38s attack shipping in the Sulu Archipelago and Jolo
    harbor on Jolo Island and Zamboanga harbor on Mindanano Island while B-24s
    hit Opon and Lahug Airfields on Cebu Island; B-25s hit Ternate on Samar
    Island and B-24s pound Matina Airfield in the Cagayan Islands, and Likanan on
    Mindanao Island; and HQ 308th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) moves from Hollandia,
    New Guinea to Leyte Island. B-25s hit Piroe Bay supply dumps in the Moluccas
    Islands and gun positions and fighter-bombers hit Kairatoe Airfield on
    Celebes Island and Amahai Airfield on Ceram Island and targets of opportunity
    in Binnen Bay. A-20s blast pillboxes and occupied areas in the Metimedan-Sawar
    Rivers sector of New Guinea.

    MONDAY, 23 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, 3 B-24s hit Kashiwabara
    targets on Paramushiru Island; 3 more B-24s bomb Otomari and fly a photo
    mission over Onnekotan Island; and 5 B-25s bomb the Asahi Bay area.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 20 P-47s hit Japanese
    concentrations at Nanhlaing and Kyungyi; 16 support ground forces at Mawlu
    and Henu and in nearby areas; a bivouac area S of Indaw is pounded by 4
    fighter-bombers while 7 knock out a bypass bridge at Panghkam; 3 B-25s blast
    train cars and sidings at Kyaukme, 3 hit a nearby motor pool, 2 hit a motor
    pool at Namhsim, and 1 blasts a rail line at Nawngpeng.  Transports fly 270+
    sorties in the CBI.

      CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 3 B-25s knock out a bridge at
    Lobochai while 7 P-40s hit trucks and locomotives nearby; 6 B-25s and 11
    P-51s pound the town area of Menghsu; 50+ P-40s and P-51s hit small towns and
    other targets of opportunity in the Menghsu area; 40+ others attack shipping,
    bridges, and general targets of opportunity around Anfu, Kweiping, Shepchung,
    Kuanyang, Ssuwangshu, Mangshih, Chefang, Panghkam, Takhing, Tanchuk, Dosing,
    Wuchou, and Tengyun and Wanling, Burma.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 686: 6 B-24s and 3 B-17s
    drop leaflets in France and the Netherlands during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents all commands,
    including the 9th Bombardment Division, from flight operations. In Belgium,
    HQ 36th Fighter Group moves from Juvincourt, France to Le Culot. In France,
    HQ 71st Fighter Wing moves from Versailles to Vittel.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Around 500 B-24s and B-17s bomb
    the Skoda armament works at Plzen, Czechoslovakia, and in Germany, a
    marshalling yard at Rosenheim, industrial area at Plauen, aircraft engine
    plant at Munich, diesel engine factory at Augsburg, and oil storage depot
    at Regensburg, and communications targets in N Italy including a
    marshalling yard at Bressanone, bridges at or near Casarsa della Delizia,
    Pordenone, Santo Stino di Livenza, and Maniago, and rail line running N to
    the Brenner area; fighters escort missions to Germany and Czechoslovakia.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather grounds
    medium bombers; fighters and fighter-bombers, although cancelling many
    operations, cause much damage to transportation, destroying or damaging
    numerous locomotives, railroad cars, and motor transport, and damaging
    vessels in the Savona, Turin, Padua, and Genoa areas; HQ 86th Fighter Group
    and the 526th Fighter Squadron move from Grosseto to Pisa with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 8 B-24s from Guam Island bomb Yap Island, 2
    from Saipan Island hit Pagan Island and, during the night of 23/24 Oct, 1
    bombs Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s and P-38s
    maintain shipping sweeps in the Makassar area on Celebes Island. B-25s,
    A-20s, and fighter-bombers hit oil storage at Boela on Ceram Island, Amboina
    town on Ambon Island, 2 airfields and other targets in the Amboina Ceram
    Island-Boeroe Island area. In New Guinea, fighter-bombers hit Sagan while
    A-20s support ground forces further E in the Sawar River-Orai River area.
    In the Philippines, vehicles and small vessels in the Mindanao area are
    attacked by fighter-bombers while B-25s attack small shipping in the Sulu
    Archipelago. Fighter-bombers over Halmahera Island hit scattered bivouacs. In
    New Guinea, the detachment of the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance
    Squadron, 4th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), ceases operating from
    Noemfoor Island with F-5s (the ground echelon is enroute from Guadalcanal
    Island, Solomon Islands to Morotai Island and other detachment are
    operating from Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands and Sansapor, New
    Guinea). The 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, moves from Owi,
    Schouten Islands to Morotai Island with P-47s.

    TUESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): On Paramushiru Island in the Kurile Islands, 3
    B-24s bomb Kashiwabara and Kurabu Cape; 4 B-25s weather-abort a photo mission
    to the island; 2 others on a shipping sweep off Kurabu hit a freighter, which
    is observed listing and smoking, and strafe 2 subchasers.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS: The CBI Theater is split into
    2 theaters, China and India-Burma.

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): About 80 P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on
    armed reconnaissance over SE China, SW China, and E Burma hit runways,
    storage facilities, town areas, troops, horses, gun positions, and other
    targets of opportunity around Amoy, Lohochai, Tanchuk, Sinthe, Menghsu,
    Pingnam, Mangshih and Chefang, and Lashio, Burma. HQ Fourteenth AF is
    reassigned from US Army Forces, CBI Theater to US Forces, China Theater.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma from 24 Oct through 27 Oct,
    fighter-bombers and B-25s steadily support Allied troops on the N Burma
    front, pounding road and rail communications, troop concentrations and supply
    dumps, and sweeping airfields; the strikes include close support of British
    troops advancing on the right flank of the front known as the "Rail
    Corridor," and of Chinese forces pushing down the left flank along the
    Myitkyina-Bhamo road.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): By this date, all Pathfinder
    aircraft of the 482d Bombardment Group (Pathfinder), engaged in H2X and other
    radar training at RAF Alconbury, have been dispersed to bombardment groups
    within the bombardment division, which set up their own H2X training.
      In Germany, 415 P-47s and P-51s are dispatched to attack aircraft and
    ground targets in the Hannover-Kassel area; 73 bomb flak positions at Elburg,
    a factory near Nienburg, and miscellaneous ground targets; bad weather causes
    other fighter-bombers to jettison bombs in the English Channel and Zuider
    Zee; the fighter-bombers strafe transportation and other ground targets with
    good results.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In France, bad weather cancels all
    operations except fighter patrols by the IX and XXIX Tactical Air Commands
    over W Germany; the fighters attack rail targets. In Belgium, the 153d
    Liaison Squadron, IX Tactical Air Command (attached to First Army), moves
    from Verviers to Spa with L-5s; the 410th and 411th Fighter Squadrons, 373d
    Fighter Group, moves from Reims, France to Le Culot with P-47s.

      US STRATEGIC AIR FORCES IN EUROPE (USSTAF): The 173d Liaison Squadron,
    USSTAF, is activated at Orly Airport, Paris with L-4s and UC-78s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Weather cancels all offensive
    operations.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather grounds the
    medium bombers; 300+ XXII Tactical Air Command fighters and fighter-bombers
    attack targets in support of the US Fifth Army S of Bologna and hit
    communications and shipping in the Turin-Genoa and E Po Valley areas,
    destroying 14 locomotives and 100+ railroad cars; during the night of 23/24
    Oct A-20s attack targets of opportunity in the Po Valley.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Guam Island-based B-24s bomb Yap Island while
    Saipan Island-based P-47s hit Pagan Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s bomb Buayoan
    Airfield on Mindanao Island while B-25s on armed reconnaissance hit small
    shipping and troops. B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers hit the Sandakan,
    Borneo area. P-38s bomb Amboina, Ambon Island reservoir areas. In New
    Guinea, A-20s and fighter-bombers again pound Babo, Moemi, Sagan, Manokwari,
    Otawiri, and other Vogelkop Peninsula area targets. The following units
    move from New Guinea to Leyte Island: HQ 85th Fighter Wing from Hollandia;
    HQ 49th Fighter Group and the 7th and 9th Fighter Squadrons from Biak Island
    to Tacloban with P-38s. The 72d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 5th
    Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Noemfoor Island, New Guinea to
    Morotai Island with B-24s.

    WEDNESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 6 B-25s and 4 P-38s damage railroad
    tracks at Dara bridge in Thailand. In China, 7 P-38s and P-51s hit the Mongyu
    bridges and destroy the Kawnghka bridge; 4 others strafe Nawnghkio Airfield;
    20+ P-51s and P-40s on armed reconnaissance attack targets of opportunity at
    Tengyun, Kweiping, and Ssuanghsu, and about 50 strike targets throughout
    the Menghsu area.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 59 B-29s, flying out of
    Chengtu, China, bomb an aircraft plant at Omura, Kyushu Island, Japan;
    several other B-29s hit alternate targets and targets of opportunity.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 688: 1,250 bombers and
    522 fighters are dispatched to hit oil and industrial targets in W Germany;
    2 bombers and 1 fighter are lost; the first three forces use H2X while the
    4th and 5th use GH:
      1. 455 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harburg (221) and Rhenania oil
    refineries (214) at Hamburg; 1 other hits a target of opportunity; 1 B-17 is
    lost and 94 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 129 of 139
    P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost and 1 damaged beyond repair.
      2. 225 B-24s are dispatched to hit Neumunster Airfield (216); targets of
    opportunity are Munster (3) and Utersum (1); no losses. Escort is provided by
    41 of 42 P-51s without loss.
      3. 297 B-17s dispatched to hit the primary hit secondaries, Harburg (179)
    and Rhenania oil refineries (106) at Hamburg; 1 other hits a target of
    opportunity; 1 B-17 is lost and 16 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 9 MIA. Escort
    is provided by 221 of 255 P-51s without loss.
      4. 131 B-17s are dispatched to hit synthetic oil targets at Gelsenkirchen/
    Nordstern (27); 100 others hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Hamm;
    49 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 50 of 50 P-47s without loss.
      5. 142 B-24s are dispatched to hit synthetic oil targets at Scholven/Buer
    (91); 34 hit the secondary at Munster and 1 hits Gronua; 39 B-24s are
    damaged. Escort is provided by 34 of 36 P-47s without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ First Tactical Air Force
    (Provisional) is established, but not yet organized, therefore HQ Ninth AF
    continues to administer, supply, and control all XII Tactical Air Command and
    assigned units until mid Nov when the First Tactical AF assumes full control.
      9th Bombardment Division's missions are cancelled because of bad weather.
    Fighters fly sweeps, hit rail and military targets in the Saarbrucken,
    Germany area, and support the US XIX Corps in W Germany.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Weather again limits operations.
    In Austria, 3 B-17s bomb a Klagenfurt aircraft factory and Sankt Veit an der
    Glan marshalling yard. 5 P-38s complete 3 weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather again grounds
    medium bombers; fighter-bombers blast guns, vehicles, and communications in
    the battle area S of Bologna while fighters destroy 20+ locomotives in the
    Piacenza area; the 10th Troop Carrier Squadron moves from Brindisi to
    Pomigliano with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 29 Saipan Island-based B-24s bomb Iwo Jima
    Island during the morning. Later during the day 4 B-24s from Saipan and Guam
    Islands, on armed reconnaissance missions, bomb Yap Island. 8 P-47s from
    Saipan Island bomb Pagan Island. HQ 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy) moves from
    Kwajalein Atoll to Guam Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: 50+ B-24s,
    supported by P-38s and P-47s, attack naval forces in the Mindanao Sea of
    the Philippine Islands, firing small vessels and claiming a light cruiser
    damaged. On Celebes Island, B-24s bomb Ambesia Airfield and attack shipping
    in the Makassar-Kendari area. In the Moluccas Islands, fighter-bombers hit
    barges and villages in areas of Dodinga and Wasile Bays. B-25s, A-20s, and
    fighter-bombers hit Piroe and Saparoea in the Moluccas Islands, Boela on
    Ceram Island, Halong on Celebes Island, Amboina on Ambon Island, Haroekoe on
    Haroekoe Island, and N Ceram coastal targets. A-20s pound supply and fuel
    dumps in the Sarmi, New Guinea area. The 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter
    Group moves from Biak Island to Tacloban, Leyte Island with P-38s; and the
    421st Night Fighter Squadron, V Fighter Command, moves from Owi, Schouten
    Islands to Tacloban, Leyte Island with P-38s and P-61s.

    THURSDAY, 26 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Of 6 B-24s which abort a naval task force
    cover mission after failing to find the ships, 2 bomb installations on
    Onnekotan Island.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, B-24s and B-25s attack
    shipping off the E Luichow Peninsula; B-25s also hit river shipping from
    Dosing to Takhing and a Yellow River bridge; fighters attack the town of
    Menghsu, hit targets of opportunity around Menghsu and Kweiping, and make
    an armed reconnaissance attack on Hongay, French Indochina; B-25s and
    fighters bomb railroad yards at Hsuchang.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 689: 1,225 bombers and
    674 fighters make PFF attacks on industrial and communications targets in W
    Germany; 1 fighter is lost:
      1. 430 B-17s are dispatched to attack a storage depot at Bielefeld (155)
    and aircraft repair plant and Ludwig marshalling yard at Munster (108);
    targets of opportunity are Munster (87), Gutersloh (24) and other (1); 10
    B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 204 of 215 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost
     (pilot MIA).
      2. 432 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Hannover/Hanomag military vehicle
    plant (155); targets of opportunity are Hannover (221), Bielefeld (36) and
    other (1); 2 B-17s are damaged beyond repair and 14 damaged; 16 airmen are
    KIA, and 1 WIA. Escort is provided by 235 P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-47 is damaged
    beyond repair.
      3. 242 of 246 B-24s hit the aqueduct and Mittelland Canal at Minden; 5
    B-24s are damaged. Escort is provided by 128 P-47s and P-51s; they claim
    2-0-0 Luftwaffe aircraft without loss.
      4. 117 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Welheim synthetic oil plant at
    Bottrop (65); 33 others hit Munster; 37 B-24s are damaged; 1 airman is WIA.
    Escort is provided by 59 of 66 P-51s without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): No bomber operations as bad weather
    prevails; fighters sweep areas of E France and W Germany from Metz, France
    to Cologne, Germany, attacking rail and road traffic, rail bridges, and
    marshalling yards. The 112th Liaison Squadron, Ninth Air Force (attached to
    SHAEF), based at Buc, France with UC-78s and L-5s, send a flight to operate
    from Namur, Belgium.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Weather curtails operations; 7
    B-17s bomb a marshalling yard at Innsbruck, Austria.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): Weather suspends all operations.
    The 527th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, moves from Grosseto to Pisa,
    Italy with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 8 Saipan Island-based P-47s bomb and strafe
    Pagan Island. 15 B-25s based in the Gilbert Islands, bomb the airfield area
    on Nauru Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s attack a naval force of 2 battleships, 5 aircraft carriers,
    and 5 destroyers W of Panay Island; hits are claimed on a battleship and 2
    carriers; on Mindanao Island, P-38s hit vehicles in the Davao area and B-25s
    bomb Iligan. On Halmahera Island, P-40s attack targets of opportunity in the
    Dodinga-Kaoe Bay area, Djailolo, supply area S of Galela, and guns S of Doro.
    In New Guinea, A-20s and B-25s bomb Urarom; the 318th Troop Carrier Squadron
    (Commando), 3d Air Commando Group, arrives at Nadzab with C-47s.

    FRIDAY, 27 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 7 B-24s weather-abort an attempt to fly cover
    for a naval task force.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, fighters bomb and strafe
    the town of Mengmao and nearby hill positions, river traffic, troops, and
    horses from Tanchuk to Tengyun, bridges NE of Hsinganhsien, the town of
    Kaotienhsu, troops in the Kweilin area, rail traffic W of Puchi, and
    airfields at Siangtan and Changsha.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): HQ Tenth AF is reassigned from AAF,
    India-Burma Sector to AAF, India-Burma Theater.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 690: 2 B-17s and 7 B-24s
    drop leaflets on 38 locations in the Netherlands, France and Germany during
    the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Brigadier General William L
    Richardson reassumes command of the IX Air Defense Command.
      Adverse weather prevents all operations except patrols by XIX Tactical Air
    Command and supply dropping missions (to VI Corps near Saint-Die, France) by
    the XII Tactical Air Command. In Belgium, the 22d Fighter Squadron, 36th
    Fighter Group, moves from Juvincourt, France to Le Culot with P-47s; the
    412th Fighter Squadron, 373d Fighter Group, moves from Reims, France to Le
    Culot. In France, the 394th Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, moves from
    Clastres to Juvincourt with P-38s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather limits operations
    to 5 weather reconnaissance flights.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): Weather curtails operations;
    fighter-bombers on armed reconnaissance in the Genoa-Novi Ligure-Turin area
    hit communications and transportation targets.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 2 B-24s on armed reconnaissance from Saipan
    Island bomb Yap Island. During the night of 27/28 Oct a B-24 on a snooper
    mission hits Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, 40+ fighter-bombers, operating in 3 waves, hit shipping off Cebu
    Island and W of Mactan Island. B-24s attack Malili and Palopo on Celebes
    Island.

    SATURDAY, 28 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 8 B-25s fly cover for a naval task force.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, fighters strafe villages,
    troops, and horses in the Menghsu-Konghow area, pound bridges around
    Kaotienhsu, and hit Yangtong Airfield and shipping at Hongay, French
    Indochina and Wuchou.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 80+ fighter-bombers pound
    numerous targets including town areas, troops, railroad facilities, and a
    variety of targets of opportunity at Mannaun, Manoi, Sinkan, Winwa, Man Mao,
    Myazedi, Pinwe, Naba, Yebawgyi, and Kangon.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 691: 382 bombers and 217 fighters are dispatched on PFF attacks on
    marshalling yards in Germany; 3 bombers and 2 fighters are lost.
      1. 184 of 192 B-17s hit the marshalling yard at Hamm; 1 other hits a target
    of opportunity; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 42 damaged. Escort is
    provided by 93 of 105 P-51s without loss.
      2. 178 of 190 B-17s hit the marshalling yard at Munster; 3 B-17s are lost,
    1 damaged beyond repair and 96 damaged; 12 airmen are WIA and 29 MIA. Escort
    is provided by 106 of 112 P-51s; 2 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      Mission 692: 3 B-17s and 6 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ 9th Bombardment Division moves
    from Chartres to Reims, France. In Germany, 45 B-26s bomb rail bridges at
    Sinzig, Kempenich, and Ahrweiler, and airfield at Euskirchen; fighters escort
    the bombers, fly sweeps and armed reconnaissance over W Germany, attack 6
    bridges and 1 tunnel, and support US XIX Corps in Belgium near the German
    border. In Belgium, the 23d Fighter Squadron, 36th Fighter Group, moves from
    Juvincourt, France to Le Culot with P-47s.  In France, HQ 367th Fighter Group
    and the 392d and 393d Fighter Squadrons move from Clastres to Juvincourt with
    P-38s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather again limits
    operations; 10 B-17s bomb a Klagenfurt, Austria aircraft factory; 6 P-38s fly
    reconnaissance missions, during the early part of the night; 8 B-17s bomb
    Municb W, Germany marshalling yard; 1 bombs Erlsbach, Austria.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather again
    grounds the medium bombers, and restricts the XXII Tactical Air Command;
    fighter-bombers and fighters, flying 65 sorties, attack vehicles and trains
    in the Turin-Milan-Genoa area.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island bomb Haha Jima while
    others, from Guam Island, hit Yap Island.  Saipan Island-based P-47s bomb
    Pagan Island. In Hawaii, the 6th Night Fighter Squadron, VII Fighter Command,
    moves from John Rodgers Airport to Kipapa with P-47s and P-61s (a detachment
    is operating from Saipan Island).

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Mariana Island-based XXI Bomber Command flies
    its first combat mission when 14 B-29s attack submarine pens on Dublon
    Island, Truk Atoll; 4 others, 1 carrying Brigadier General Haywood S Hansell,
    Jr, Commanding General XXI Bomber Command, abort; about a third of the bombs
    fall in the general target area.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s, fighting bad
    weather, bomb the airfield at Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, Philippine
    Islands. During the night of 28/29 Oct, B-24s bomb the Wilhelmina Docks area
    on Celebes Island. B-25s and P-38s blast town of Amboina, Ambon Island. In
    the Philippines, HQ 475th Fighter Group moves from Biak Island, New Guinea to
    Dulag, Leyte Island.

    SUNDAY, 29 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): On Paramushiru Island, 4 B-25s on
    reconnaissance hit Tomari Cape buildings and a freighter which is left
    listing.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, fighters in support of
    Chinese ground forces blast hill positions in the Lungling and Mangshih
    areas; others damage a bridge at Sinshih, bomb Kweiyi and Paoching, hit
    railroad targets between Siaokan and Sinyang, and strafe airfields at
    Chingmen, Tangyang, and Ichang.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 80+ fighter-bombers again
    attack a wide variety of targets including troop concentrations, bridges,
    supply dumps, and numerous targets of opportunity at Kawlin, Wingnang,
    Hsenwi, Bhamo, Shwegu, Kyungon, Tugyaung, Yebyangale, Henu, and Kayin.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): About 170 B-26s and A-20s bomb rail
    bridges at Mayen, Konz-Karthaus, and Euskirchen, Germany and Ellern and
    Moerdijke, the Netherlands; fighters fly escort to bombers, sweeps, defensive
    patrols, armed reconnaissance over wide areas of E France, the Netherlands,
    and Germany, bomb rail targets and bridges, and fly cover for the US XIX
    Corps in Belgium. In Belgium, HQ 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group and the
    160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron move from Luxembourg, Luxembourg to Le
    Culot with F-6s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Germany, 35 of over 155+
    B-24s dispatched with fighter escort, bomb Munich W marshalling yard; the
    remainder and 670 other bombers, dispatched against targets in S Germany,
    abort the mission due to bad weather. In Austria, 30 P-38s, after escort
    duty, strafe communications lines from Wels to Kienberg destroying 17
    locomotives and several other road and rail transportation targets.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather again restricts
    operations; XXII Tactical Air Command fighter-bombers fly 15 sorties against
    railroad targets in the Po Valley.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 19 B-24s from Saipan Island bomb Chichi Jima
    Island. 2 B-24s from Guam Island strike Yap Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Fighter-bombers and
    B-25s, operating in small forces, are active against airfields, AA positions,
    and targets of opportunity on Halmahera Island. In New Guinea, fighter-
    bombers also hit Ransiki while fighter-bombers, A-20s, and B-25s bomb Urarom
    and Soeli and strafe targets of opportunity throughout the Urarom-Kaimana
    area. HQ Thirteenth AF moves from Noemfoor Island, New Guinea to Morotai
    Island. The 63d and 64th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 403d Troop Carrier Group,
    based on Biak Island,,,,,,,, begin operating from Wakde and Noemfoor Islands
    respectively with C-47s.

    MONDAY, 30 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 3 B-24s fly armed reconnaissance over Matsuwa
    and Onnekotan Islands.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 13 B-24s lay mines in Victoria
    Harbor, Hong Kong. P-40s bomb installations around Phu Lang Thuong, French
    Indochina and hit junks at sea. The detachment of the 529th Fighter Squadron,
    311th Fighter Group, operating from Hsian with P-51s, returns to base at
    Pungchacheng.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 10 B-25s knock out bridges
    at Namhkai, Wuntho, Thegyaung, and Nankan and damage others at Okkyin and
    Zawchaung; 50+ P-47s knock out the Hpao Nam River bridge and strafe targets
    of opportunity at several locations; hit several bridges throughout the N
    Burma rail corridor, damaging or knocking out each target; support ground
    forces at Naba Station and Pinwe; and hit troop concentrations at Mansi and
    Manyut.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 3 missions are flown.
      Mission 693: 1,279 bombers and 978 fighters fly a major mission against
    German oil production facilities; 2 bombers and 5 fighters are lost:
      1. 357 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Harburg oil refinery (72) and
    Rhenania oil refinery (67) at Hamburg; targets of opportunity are Hamburg
    (28), Cuxhaven (25), Wesermunde (21), Uetersen (9), Bremen (1) and other (1);
    2 B-24s are lost and 30 damaged; 19 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 293
    P-47s and P-51s; 4 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      2. 463 B-17s dispatched hit secondary targets, the marshalling yards at
    Hamm (209) and Munster (192); targets of opportunity are Osnabruck (12),
    Enschede (2) and other (4); 17 B-17s are damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 2 MIA.
    Escort is provided by 123 of 135 P-47s; 1 P-47 is lost (pilot MIA).
      3. 459 B-17s dispatched to hit the Leuna oil refinery at Merseburg are
    recalled due to deteriorating weather; 2 B-17s are damaged. Escort is
    provided by 482 of 508 P-51s without loss.
      Mission 693A: 2 of 5 B-17s make an APHRODITE attack on Heligoland Island,
    Germany; escort is provided by 7 of 7 P-47s. 26 of 27 B-17s, escorted by 8 of
    8 P-47s, fly a cover mission to Heligoland without loss.
      Mission 694: 2 B-17s and 7 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands and
    Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): B-26s are recalled from a mission
    (mainly against bridges) because of bad weather; fighters fly patrols and
    armed reconnaissance over NE France and in W Germany around Aachen and the
    Rhine River; XIX Tactical Air Command escorts B-26s and heavy bombers of the
    Eighth AF. In France, HQ 387th Bombardment Group (Medium) moves from
    Chateaudun to Clastres.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      AAF, MTO: The 16th Reconnaissance Squadron (Heavy, Special), AAF, MTO,
    begins a movement from Foggia, Italy to the US; the squadron flew combat in
    the MTO and ETO with B-17s as a radar detection and countermeasures unit from
    Sep 43 to Sep 44.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): During the night of 30/31 Oct,
    3 B-24s bomb a marshalling yard at Klagenfurt, Austria, P-38s fly
    reconnaissance missions, while bad weather cancels all other operations.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather again grounds
    the medium bombers and limits XXII Tactical Air Command fighter-bombers and
    fighters to 51 sorties against scattered targets in the Po Valley. In France,
    the 111th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command
    (attached to Provisional Reconnaissance Group), moves from Dijon to Azelot
    with F-6s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 8 B-24s on armed reconnaissance missions from
    Guam Island bomb Yap Island. 1 B-24 from Saipan Island, during the night of
    30/31 Oct snooper mission, bombs Iwo Jima Island. Saipan Island-based P-47s
    hit Pagan Island. B-25s from Makin Island strike Nauru Island.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 8 B-29s from the Mariana Islands bomb
    submarine pens on Dublon Island, Truk Atoll; 9 others bomb 2 miles (3.2 km)
    beyond the target.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s pound Bacolod Airfield on Negros Island, while on Mindanao
    Island, B-25s and fighter-bombers hit San Roque Airfield and barges at
    Zamboanga. P-38s hit Sandakan Airfield in Borneo. B-24s bomb the wharf area
    at Makassar, Celebes Island while P-40s, over the NE peninsula, hit various
    targets of opportunity. P-38s hit Piroe on Ceram island. Urarom Airfield in
    New Guinea is again bombed by A-20s and B-25s.

    TUESDAY, 31 OCTOBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-25s score direct hits on a cannery at
    Tomari Cape on Paramushiru Island and leave nearby buildings burning; 1 of 2
    B-25s hit by AA heads for and safely lands in the USSR.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      AAF, INDIA-BURMA SECTOR: The 427th Night Fighter Squadron arrives at
    Pandaveswar, India from Italy with P-61s (first mission is 23 Nov).

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 6 P-51s hit shipping
    targets of opportunity at Swatow and Amoy; about 70 fighters support Chinese
    ground forces by pounding positions in the Lungling area; 4 B-25s and 12
    P-40s bomb a railroad bridge at Pengpu.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Buram, 60+ P-47s attack occupied
    areas and supply areas at Namun, Bhamo, and Nakang, and railroad bridges,
    locomotive shelters, and rolling stock along the Kyaikthin-Naba line; 2 B-25s
    attack targets of opportunity from Katha to Bhamo along the Irrawaddy River.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 695: 3 B-17s and 5 B-24s
    drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather forbids bomber operations
    and limits fighters; the XII and XIX Tactical Air Commands fly patrols,
    sweeps, and armed reconnaissance over E France and W Germany; the XII
    Tactical Air Command also supports US Seventh Army elements in the Metz,
    France area. In Belgium, the 161st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 363d
    Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Sandwieler, Luxembourg to Le Culot
    with F-6 and P-51s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): P-38s fly photo and weather
    reconnaissance; 174 B-24s, dispatched against a target in Yugoslavia, are
    forced to return because of weather. The 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy),
    Fifteenth Air Force (attached to Mediterranean Allied Air Forces), arrives at
    Brindisi, Italy from Algeria with B-17s and B-24s (the squadron transports
    supplies to partisans and drops leaflets in the MTO).

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-26s hit a bridge and
    causeway at Nervesa della Battaglia and bridges at Montebello and Piazzola
    sul Brenta; fighter-bombers attack guns and positions in the battle area S of
    Bologna in the Apennines, and communications and shipping targets in the Po
    Valley and on the Po River.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): During the night of 31 Oct/l Nov a B-24 on a
    snooper mission from Saipan Island bombs Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: P-47s and A-20s
    bomb Kairatoe Airfield and Saharoe village on Celebes Island. B-25s and P-40s
    hit Loloda and Soasioe in the Moluccas Islands. In New Guinea, P-38s and
    A-20s, concentrating on airfields, attack Samate Efman, Sagan, and Doom
    Island.

    SOURCES:
    AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force History,
      Headquarters USAF, 1961, ISBN 0-912799-02-1
    COMBAT SQUADRONS OF THE AIR FORCE, WORLD WAR II, Office of Air Force
      History, Headquarters USAF 1982
    THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by the
      Office of Air Force History, Headquarters USAF, 1973
    THE MIGHTY EIGHTH WAR DIARY by Roger A. Freeman, ISBN 1-85409-071-2

    Jack McKillop
    USAF (Airways and Air Communications Service)
    1955-59

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