# USAAF Chronology:

    COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
    NOVEMBER 1944
    FTP SITES
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      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
      A-26, Douglas Invader
      B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress
      B-24, Consolidated Liberator
      B-25, North American Mitchell
      B-26, Martin Marauder
      B-29, Boeing Superfortress
      Beaufighter, Bristol
      C-46, Curtiss Commando
      C-47, Douglas Skytrain
      UC-64, Noorduyn Norseman
      F-5, Lockheed Lightning
      F-6, North American Mustang
      F-7, Consolidated Liberator
      L-1, Stinson Vigilant
      L-5, Stinson Sentinel
      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.

    WEDNESDAY, 1 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, a B-24 on an armed
    weather mission bombs Otomari Cape.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, about 70 fighters again
    support Chinese ground forces in the Lungling area; 13 fighters strafe river,
    road, and rail traffic from Kunghsien to Loyang; the detachments of the 11th
    Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 341st Bombardment Group (Medium), operating
    from Kweilin and Liuchow with B-25s, return to base at Yang Tong; the
    detachment of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, operating from
    Nanning with P-51s, returns to base at Kunming.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 70+ fighter-bombers knock
    out the bridge at Panghkam, slightly damage bridges in the Wingkang and
    Kawnghka area, hit railroad targets of opportunity between Indaw and Naba,
    attack Japanese positions near Bhamo, Si-in, Hantet, and Shwegu, and bomb the
    towns of Loiwing and Lagaw; 9 B-25s damage bridge approaches at Hsenwi,
    Namhkai, and Kawnghka. The elements of the 24th Combat Mapping Squadron, 8th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Group, operating from Hsinching and Pengshan with
    F-7s, return to the detachment base at Changyi (squadron is based at
    Guskhara, India).

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 696: 324 bombers and 321 fighters are dispatched to attack 2
    synthetic oil plants near Gelsenkirchen and a bridge at Rudesheim, Germany;
    1 P-51 is lost:
      1. 142 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Norstern oil plant at Gelsenkirchen
    (113); 23 hit the secondary, the Hamm marshalling yard; 1 hits a target of
    opportunity; 24 B-17s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA. Escort is provided by 140
    P-47s and P-51s; they claim 1-0-0 aircraft; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      2. 143 of 144 B-24s hit the Buer oil plant at Gelsenkirchen; 25 B-24s are
    damaged. Escort is provided by 109 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 1-0-0
    aircraft; 1 P-51 is damaged beyond repair.
      3. 38 B-17s are dispatched to hit a railroad bridge at Rudesheim (13); 24
    hit the secondary, a marshalling yard at Koblenz; 7 B-17s are damaged. Escort
    is provided by 37 of 38 P-51s.
      Mission 697: 3 B-17s and 5 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands during
    the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents bomber operations;
    fighters fly patrols, sweeps, armed reconnaissance over Belgium, E France,
    and large areas of W Germany and attack bridges, railroads, and various other
    targets.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 320+ B-17s and
    B-24s, with fighter escorts, bomb diesel and ordnance works, and marshalling
    yard at Vienna; also hit are marshalling yards at Graz, a tank factory at
    Kapfenberg, targets of opportunity including marshalling yards at Gussing,
    Ljubljana and Cakove, Yugoslavia, and scattered communications targets in S
    Germany, Hungary, Austria, and Yugoslavia; several fighters strafe road and
    rail transport targets and troops in the Gyor, Hungary-Parndorf and
    Neusiedler Lake areas.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, operations are again
    curtailed by bad weather; however, fighters and fighter-bombers successfully
    attack bridges, rail lines, roads, vehicles, and trains in the C Po Valley
    and hit scattered targets elsewhere in N Italy; the 525th Fighter Squadron,
    86th Fighter Group, moves from Grosseto to Pisa with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 8 B-24s from Guam Island, Mariana Islands,
    attack shipping NE of Iwo Jima Island, Volcano Islands. 12 B-24s escorting a
    US Navy photo aircraft over Iwo Jima Island and Haha Jima and Chichi Jima
    Islands in the Bonin Islands, bomb airfields, a warehouse, and shipping.
    P-47s from Saipan Island strafe Pagan Island, both in the Mariana Islands.
    During the night of 1/2 Nov a B-24 on a snooper mission from Saipan Island
    bombs Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb airfields at Cebu City on Cebu Island and Alicante on
    Negros Island and supply dumps at Del Monte on Mindanano Island; fighter-
    bombers hit Bacolod, Alicante, and Carolina Airfields on Negros Island; P-47s
    attack shipping and shore targets during a sweep over the Sulu Archipelago.
    P-38s and B-25s pound Namlea Airfield on Buru Island in the Moluccas Islands.
    A-20s and B-25s hit Babo Airfield in New Guinea. The 394th Bombardment
    Squadron (Heavy), 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Noemfoor Island
    off New Guinea to Morotai Island, Moluccas Islands. During Nov 44:
     - HQ V Bomber Command and HQ V Fighter Command move from Owi, Schouten
       Islands to Leyte Island, Philippine Islands.
     - HQ 2d Combat Cargo Group and the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Combat Cargo
       Squadrons arrive on Biak Island off New Guinea from the US with C-46s.

    THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, 4 B-24s bomb Suribachi
    on Paramushiru Island and Onnekotan Island; 4 B-25s on a photo and offensive
    sweep bomb targets at Torishima Island and Hayakegawa setting fire to 15
    buildings, including a cannery.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 100+ P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on armed
    reconnaissance over SW and SE China and N French Indochina attack targets of
    opportunity in the Lungling and Mangshih, China area, knock out bridge at
    Dara, Thailand and hit Nantingshun and Pinglo, China; in China, the fighter-
    bombers also damage 4 factories at Kweilin, hit tanks and troop
    concentrations N of town, attack targets of opportunity near Pinglo, Tahsu
    and E of Yungfu, and the airfield, barracks, town area, and trains at Gia
    Lam, French Indochina. In China, the 11th Bombardment Squadron (Medium),
    341st Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Yang Tong to Yangkai with B-25s;
    the detachment of the 491st Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 341st Bombardment
    Group (Medium), operating from Liuchow with B-25s, returns to base at
    Yangkai.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 80+ P-47s hit a variety of
    targets; the fighter-bombers bomb a bridge at Ho-hko, support ground forces
    at Myothit, bomb supply dumps at Namdaungmawn, personnel and supply areas at
    Naungletgyi and Mawtaung, knock out a bridge at Meza, hit nearby railroad
    cars, attack airfields at Nawnghkio and Sinlanzu and strike boats and boxcars
    S of Katha; 8 B-25s knock out 2 bridges at Tangon and Tantabin; a single B-25
    bombs Indaw; transports fly 268 sorties to forward areas; HQ Tenth AF moves
    from New Delhi, India to Myitkyina. In India, the 6th Fighter Squadron
    (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, based at Asansol, India with P-47s, sends
    a detachment to operate from Cox's Bazar; the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron
    (Commando), 2d Air Commando Group, arrives at Sylhet from the US with C-47s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 440th Troop
    Carrier Group moves from Le Mans to Orleans; the 302d Troop Carrier Squadron,
    441st Troop Carrier Group, moves from St Marceau to Dreux with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): HQ Eighth AF is ordered to
    increase the size of the 406th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), VIII Fighter
    Command, the night leaflet squadron, as the liberation of Europe and the
    conquest of Germany accelerate.
      2 missions are flown.
      Mission 698: 1,174 bombers and 968 fighters in 5 forces are dispatched to
    hit synthetic oil installations in C Germany and rail targets at Bielefeld,
    Germany; an estimated 500 Luftwaffe fighters meet the bombers at Merseburg
    and the AAF claims 163-40-52 Luftwaffe aircraft; 40 bombers and 16 fighters
    are lost:
      1. 460 B-17s are dispatched to the Leuna oil installation at Merseburg
    (383) using PFF; targets of opportunity are Halle (23), Wolfenbuttel (13) and
    other (17); they claim 6-2-2 aircraft; 12 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond
    repair and 339 damaged; 3 airmen are KIA, 13 WIA and 101 MIA. The Ninth AF
    provides 31 of 34 P-38s and 433 of 483 P-51s as escort; they claim 46-3-10
    aircraft in the air and 25-0-0 on the ground; 8 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      2. 223 B-17s are dispatched to the Leuna oil installation at Merseburg
    (210) using PFF; 5 others hit targets of opportunity; they claim 30-33-25
    aircraft; 26 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 152 damaged; 11
    airmen are WIA and 260 MIA. Escort is provided by 209 of 245 P-51s; they
    claim 56-2-15 aircraft; 6 P-51s are lost (5 pilots MIA).
      3. 208 B-24s are dispatched to hit Bielefeld; 172 hit the primary, a
    bridge, 10 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard, and 9 hit the town; all
    attacks are with GH and visual; 17 B-24s are damaged. Escort is provided by
    143 of 146 P-47s; 2 P-47s are lost.
      4. 131 of 146 B-24s hit the Rauxel oil installations at Castrop using GH; 1
    B-24 is lost and 23 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 10 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 37 of 40 P-47s without loss.
      5. 137 B-17s are dispatched to hit an oil installation at Sterkrade (107);
    20 others hit the secondary, the Rheine marshalling yard; 1 B-17s is lost and
    52 damaged; 9 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 20 of 20 P-47s without
    loss.
      Mission 699: 3 B-17s and 5 B-24s drop leaflets during the night over the
    Netherlands and Germany.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 147 bombers of the 9th
    Bombardment Division, with fighter escort, attack rail bridges at Mayen,
    Euskirchen, Bullay, Konz-Karthaus, and Trier. Fighters attack bridges, fly
    armed reconnaissance and night patrol, and provide support for ground forces
    in frontline areas.  In France, the 162d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
    363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Dijon to Azelot with F-6s and
    P-51s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather curtails operations.
    In Austria,  5 B-17s bomb the Moosbierbaum oil refinery, while 2 others hit
    an airfield N of the city and bomb Klagenfurt. 6 P-38s fly weather
    reconnaissance missions.  All other operations are cancelled.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, clouds over the Po
    Valley prevent medium bomber operations; XXII Tactical Air Command aircraft
    are also grounded due to unserviceable fields and bad weather over Italian
    battle areas.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 11 Saipan Island, Mariana Islands-based B-24s
    bomb Chichi Jima Island; 3 from Guam Island, on armed reconnaissance, hit
    Marcus Island in the North Pacific Ocean.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 17 Mariana Islands-based B-29s bomb the
    submarine pens on Dublon Island, Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s over Ormoc Bay on Leyte Island attack a Japanese convoy,
    claiming 1 transport sunk and another damaged; P-38s hit smaller shipping in
    Ormoc Bay, strafe vehicles from Ormoc to Valencia, Mindanao Island, and bomb
    San Enrique; on Mindanao Island, B-25s pound Matina, Libby, Davao and Likanan
    Airfields; the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment), 71st Tactical
    Reconnaissance Group, arrives at Tacloban, Leyte Island from Biak Island with
    B-25s; the 432d Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, arrives at Dulag,
    Leyte Island from Biak Island with P-38s. During the night of 2/3 Nov B-24s
    bomb Makassar on Celebes Island, concentrating on the wharf area. The 17th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Photographic Group
    (Reconnaissance), arrives on Morotai Island from Guadalcanal Island, Solomon
    Islands  with B-25s and F-5s (detachments are operating from Bougainville
    Island, Solomon Islands and Sansapor, New Guinea).

    FRIDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 69 P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on armed
    reconnaissance over E Burma, SW and SE China, and N French Indochina hit
    targets of opportunity in the Lungling, China area, damage a railroad bridge
    S of Lashio, Burma, hit the town of Mangshih, China and destroy a nearby
    warehouse. In China, the fighter-bombers hit the town areas and docks at
    Takhing and Tengyun, attack troops in the Mosun area, destroy 2 Japanese
    fighters near Amoy, hit trains at Hongay, French Indochina, and bomb areas on
    Hainan Island.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 12 B-25s, supported by 18
    P-47s, hit Nawnghkio Airfield; a single B-25 attacks targets of opportunity
    between Myitkyina and Lashio; 90+ fighter-bombers attack bridges, enemy
    forces, town areas and numerous targets of opportunity at and Hinlong,
    China and Kawngmu, Namhai, Tonlon, Ho-hko, Namhsum, Hkusan, Hkawngwa,
    Wingkang, Namhkam, and S of Mansi.  Tenth AF transports fly 240+ sorties to
    forward areas.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 49 B-29s, operating from rear
    bases in the Calcutta, India area, bomb the Malagon railroad yards in Burma;
    almost as many others hit alternate targets.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 50th Troop
    Carrier Wing moves from Le Mans to Chartres; HQ 441st Troop Carrier Group
    and the 100th and 301st Troop Carrier Squadrons move from St Marceau to Dreux
    with C-47s.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 140+ B-26s and A-20s hit
    a rail overpass at Kaiserslautern, and rail bridges at Neuwied-Irlich, Bad
    Munster am Stein, Morscheid and Konz-Karthaus; fighters fly armed
    reconnaissance, ground forces cover, attack railroads, bridge, and
    observation posts in W Germany, and escort 9th Bombardment Division
    aircraft. In France, HQ 64th Fighter Wing moves from Dole to Ludres; HQ
    50th Fighter Group and the 10th, 81st and 313th Fighter Squadrons move from
    Lyons/Bron to Toul/Ochey with P-47s; the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance
    Squadron, XII Tactical Air Command (attached to Provisional Reconnaissance
    Group), moves from Dijon to Azelot with F-5s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 46 B-17s and
    B-24s, in an operation adapted to bad weather and flying without escort, bomb
    Vienna S ordnance depot, Moosbierbaum oil refinery, Munich W marshalling yard
    in Germany, Klagenfurt aircraft factory, the towns of Innsbruck and Graz, and
    the rail line SE of Graz; the bombers attack individually, depending on cloud
    cover for protection; 30+ other heavy bombers abort due to clearing weather.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): Heavy clouds over most of N Italy
    begin to disperse; medium bombers are still grounded but fighter-bombers
    manage to fly 8 sorties against gun positions in mountains S of Bologna,
    Italy.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 14 B-24s from Guam Island pound shipping at
    Chichi Jima and Haha Jima Islands. 34 P-47s from Saipan Island bomb and
    strafe Pagan Island.  B-24s from Saipan Island continue armed reconnaissance
    and snooper missions over Marcus and Iwo Jima Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-25s bomb Alicante Airfield on Negros Island and P-40s hit a
    highway and oil dump N of Ormoc on Leyte Island; HQ 6th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Group moves from Biak Island to Leyte Island; the 110th
    Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves
    from Biak Island to Dulag, Leyte Island but the air echelon operates from
    Tacloban, Leyte Island with P-40s. A-20s and B-25s bomb Babo Airfield on New
    Guinea. During the night of 3/4 Nov harassing strikes are flown at airfields
    in the C Philippine Islands, on the NE peninsula of Celebes Island, and on
    Halmahera Island in the Moluccas Islands.

    SATURDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 6 B-24s strike the airfield, buildings, and
    offshore shipping at Suribachi and Kurabu on Paramushiru Island.

      ZONE OF INTERIOR: The first report is received of a Japanese balloon SW of
    San Pedro, California; the US Navy recovers some apparatus, envelope, and
    rigging.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 34 P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s
    attack road traffic and other targets of opportunity in the Mangshih and
    Lungling areas; 4 P-38s bomb the pass near Menghsu, blocking the highway.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 17 P-47s pound Shwebo
    Airfield while 6 others bomb stores of guns and ammunition at Mong Yaw.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 439th Troop
    Carrier Group and the 93d Troop Carrier Squadron move from Lonray to
    Chateaudun with C-47s; the 95th, 96th and 97th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 440th
    Troop Carrier Group, move from Le Mans to Orleans with C-47s; the 99th Troop
    Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, moves from St Marceau to Dreux
    with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 700: 1,160 bombers and 890 fighters are dispatched in 6 forces to
    make PFF attacks on the oil industry in W Germany; 5 bombers and 2 fighters
    are lost:
      1. 228 B-17s are dispatched to hit the oil plant at Neunkirchen (151);
    secondary targets hit are the marshalling yards at Saarbrucken (35) and
    Neunkirchen (13); 5 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 76 of 77 P-47s
    and 50 Ninth AF P-51s without loss.
      2. 210 of 222 B-24s hit the Misburg oil plant at Hannover; 3 B-24s are lost
    and 93 damaged; 28 airmen are MIA. Escort is provided by 371 P-47s and P-51s;
    they claim 0-0-1 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      3. 257 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harburg oil plant at Hamburg (238);
    targets of opportunity are the aviation industry at Nordholz (9) and other
    (2); 9 B-17s are damaged. Escort is provided by 124 of 139 P-51s; they claim
    0-0-1 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 1 damaged beyond
    repair.
      4. 186 of 193 B-17s hit the Rhenania oil plant at Hamburg; 2 others hit
    targets of opportunity; 2 B-17s are lost and 61 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and
    18 MIA. Escort is provided by 110 P-51s without loss.
      5. 91 of 119 B-17s hit the Welhun oil plant at Bottrop; 26 others hit the
    secondary, the marshalling yard at Hamm; 24 B-17s are damaged. Escort is
    provided by 37 of 40 P-51s; they claim 0-0-1 aircraft; 1 P-51 is lost.
      6. 133 of 141 B-24s hit Gelsenkirchen/Nordstern without loss. Escort is
    provided by 50 of 54 P-47s.
      Mission 701: 3 B-17s and 6 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 218 B-26s and A-20s hit
    the Trier ordnance depot, Baumholder, and Eschweiler gun positions; fighters
    escort the 9th Bombardment Division, attack railroads, bridges, and other
    targets, and support the US XIX Corps in the Aachen area. In France, the
    556th, 557th, 558th and 559th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium), 387th
    Bombardment Group (Medium), move from Chateaudun to Clastres with B-26s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 715 B-17s and B-24s with
    fighter escorts pound oil storage at Regensburg and marshalling yards at
    Munich and Augsburg, Germany, the main marshalling yard and a benzol plant at
    Linz, Austria, a troop concentration at Podgorica, Yugoslavia, as well as
    attacking several alternate targets and scattered targets of opportunity
    including marshalling yards at Wels and Kufstein, Austria, Erding Airfield,
    Germany, railroad targets in and near Rosenheim, Germany, and the towns of
    Strass and Muhldorf, Austria.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, 200o+ B-25s and B-26s of
    the 42d Bombardment Wing (Medium) hit railway and road bridges in the Brenner
    Pass; 130+ B-25s of the 57th Bombardment Wing strike communications in the W
    Po Valley, cutting at least 4 bridges; fighters and fighter-bombers of XXII
    Tactical Air Command concentrate on communications targets and trains in the
    Po Valley and defenses in the battle area S of Bologna; some XXII Tactical
    Air Command aircraft hit guns on the N Italian coast, some hit a rocket
    launching site and communications N of battle area, and 4 P-47s bomb a Milan
    hotel where Adolf Hitler is rumored to be staying.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 18 Saipan Island-based B-24s bomb Iwo Jima
    Island airfields; 2 others, on shipping reconnaissance, bomb Naha Jima.  2
    B-24s on armed reconnaissance from Guam Island bomb Marcus Island. 16 P-47s
    bomb landing strip on Pagan Island. The 316th Troop Carrier Squadron, VI Air
    Service Area Command, arrives at Kahuku AAB, Hawaii from the US with C-47s.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s again pound Alicante Airfield on Negros Island; the 8th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group,
    arrives at Dulag, Leyte Island from Biak Island with F-5s. The detachment of
    the 17th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 4th Photographic Group
    (Reconnaissance), ceases operating from Sansapor, New Guinea with F-5s and
    returns to base on Morotai Island.

    SUNDAY, 5 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-25s abort an offensive sweep off Suribachi
    on Paramushiru Island due to intense shore fire; 4 more B-25s fly armed
    reconnaissance over Shimushu Island and at decklevel bomb Torishima Island
    targets; of 4 fighters intercepting the B-25s, 1 is downed; 4 B-24s bomb
    Onnekotan and Matsuwa Islands; 3 more B-24s bomb Katalka naval base on
    Shimushu Island, starting fires; 7 fighters intercept and the B-24s down 1.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 49 P-40s, P-38s, and P-51s
    attack storage facilities and other targets of opportunity around Wanling,
    Burma and Mangshih, Chefang, and Kweihsien; the 22d Bombardment Squadron
    (Medium), 341st Bombardment Group (Medium), based at Yangkai, sends a
    detachment to operate from Yunnani with B-25s; the 426th Night Fighter
    Squadron, Fourteenth AF, moves from Madhaiganj, India to Chengtu with P-61s
    (detachment begin operating from Kunming during the month).

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, about 70 P-47s attack
    Lashio Airfield, hit gun positions on Kyundaw Island, bomb the Kanbalu
    marshalling yard, hit targets of opportunity along the Naba-Wuntho railroad
    and on the Burma Road and bomb the town of Namhpakka and the Lasai area; 28
    other P-47s maintain patrols S of Myitkyina; transports fly 300+ sorties
    carrying men, equipment and supplies to various forward areas.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 53 Calcutta, India-based B-29s
    bomb the Singapore naval base in Malaya putting the King George VI Graving
    Dock (one of the world's best drydocks) out of operation for 3 months, and
    blast other targets at the base; 7 other B-29s bomb the secondary target and
    Pangkalanbrandan refinery on Sumatra while 4 more hit other target.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, HQ 442d Troop
    Carrier Group moves from Bonnetable to St-Andre-de-L'Eure; the 91st Troop
    Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, moves from Lonray to
    Chateaudun with C-47s; the 98th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier
    Group, moves from Le Mans to Orleans with C-47s; the 303d Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Peray to St-Andre-de-L'Eure
    with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 702: 1,272 bombers and 666 fighters in 3 forces attack marshalling
    yards in W Germany; H2X radar is used by all forces; 12 bombers and 6
    fighters are lost.
      1. 452 B-17s are dispatched to the marshalling yard at Frankfurt (396);
    36 hit the marshalling yard at Hanau and 4 hit other targets; 1 B-17s is
    lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 126 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 3 WIA and
    MIA. Escort is provided by 206 P-47s and P-51s; 2 P-51s are lost (pilots
    MIA)
      2. 454 B-17s are dispatched to hit the marshalling yard (219) and
    industrial area (177) at Ludwigshafen; targets of opportunity are the
    marshalling yard at Kaiserslautern (33) and other (4); 11 B-17s are lost
    and 298 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 5 WIA and 103 MIA. Escort is provided by
    192 P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      3. 333 of 366 B-24s hit the secondary target, the Karlsruhe marshalling
    yard; 12 others hit Landau; 3 B-24s are damaged beyond repair and 28
    damaged; 6 airmen are KIA and 8 WIA. Escort is provided by 228 P-47s and
    P-51s; 2 P-47s and 1 P-51 are lost (pilots are MIA).
      Mission 703: 3 B-17s and 7 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 160 B-26s and A-20s strike
    ammunition, ordnance, and supply depots at Hamburg, Germany; fighters escort
    the bombers, fly armed reconnaissance, attack railroads and bridges, and
    cover ground forces of the V and XIX Corps; the IX Tactical Air Command aids
    the US 28th Infantry Division in withstanding a counterattack near
    Kommerscheidt, Germany. HQ 362d Fighter Group moves from Prosnes to
    Rouvres, France. The 33d Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 363d
    Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Gosselies to Le Culot, Belgium
    with F-5s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500 B-24s and B-17s bomb the
    Floridsdorf oil refinery at Vienna, Austria in the largest operation against
    a single target during World War II; 10 other heavy bombers bomb about 20
    scattered targets of opportunity and 1 alternate target, the Kapfenberg,
    Austria tank works; 139 P-38s and 198 P-51s provide escort; 16 of the
    fighters strafe targets of opportunity in the target area; 42 other B-24s,
    with fighter escort, bomb troop concentrations at Mitrovica and Podgorica,
    Yugoslavia.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers, flying
    300+ sorties, bomb bridges in the Brenner Pass and in the NE Po Valley to
    interdict the Germans' 2 main supply routes from the N; fighters and fighter-
    bombers hit defenses and forces in the battle areas in the N Apennines S of
    Bologna and attack communications targets to the N as well as in battle zone.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Guam Island hit shipping in the
    Bonin Islands and, during an armed reconnaissance mission, bomb Marcus Island.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 24 Mariana Islands-based B-29s bomb 2 Iwo
    Jima Island airfields, starting tactical operations against the island in
    preparation for the US invasion in Feb 45.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s and P-40s
    attack airfields and barges in the C Philippine Islands. B-24s also hit the
    town of Bima and Waingapoe Bay shipping on Soembawa Island in the Lesser
    Sunda Islands.  B-25s and fighter-bombers strike airfields, troop
    concentrations, and communications targets throughout the Halmahera Island
    area and NE peninsula of Celebes Island. Fighter-bombers and A-20s hit Amahai
    and targets of opportunity on the S coast of Ceram Island.  Almost 50 A-20s,
    supporting ground forces, blast installations in Sarmi, New Guinea area. HQ
    71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group arrives on Leyte Island from Biak Island.
    The ground echelons of the 35th and 36th Fighter Squadrons, 8th Fighter
    Group, move from Morotai Island to Dulag, Leyte Island (air echelon continues
    to operate P-38s from Morotai).

    MONDAY, 6 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): In the Kurile Islands, 4 B-25s bomb Torishima
    Island, score a hit on a large building, sink two nearby barges, and probably
    hit other shipping targets; about 20 fighters intercept, downing 1 B-25; the
    B-25s claim 3 victories.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 16 P-40s pound the Mangshih
    and Lungling areas; 15 others hit buildings and other targets of opportunity
    at Wanling, Burma and around Chefang and Kweihsien; the detachment of the
    21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, operating from
    Liuchow with F-5s, returns to base at Kunming.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): AAF, India-Burma Sector, China-
    Burma-India Theater is redesignated AAF, India-Burma Theater. In Burma, 70+
    P-47s, sweep airfields at Anisakan, Onbauk, Shwebo, Kin, and Kawlin; destroy
    and damage bridges at Hinlong, China and Wingkang; bomb the town of Mawtaung
    and marshalling yard at Kanbalu; hit boxcars at Wuntho and Meza, boats along
    the Irrawaddy River from Katha to Twinnge, and attack several scattered
    targets of opportunity; 28 P-47s fly combat patrols S of Myitkyina; 8 B-25s
    bomb the military area at Namun and supply dump at Mansi; large-scale
    transport operations continue; the 165th Liaison Squadron (Commando), 1st Air
    Commando Group, moves from Tamu to Yazagyo with UC-64s and L-5s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): In France, the 92d and 94th
    Troop Carrier Squadrons, 439th Troop Carrier Group, move from Lonray to
    Chateaudun with C-47s; the 306th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier
    Group, moves from Peray to St-Andre-de-L'Eure with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 704: 1,131 bombers and 802
    fighters in 6 forces make PFF attacks on the oil industry in W Germany; 5
    bombers and 5 fighters are lost:
      1. 291 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Harburg (142) and Rhenania (138) oil
    refineries at Hamburg; 3 others hit the Lubeck oil refinery at Hamburg; 4
    B-17s are lost and 103 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 2 WIA and 36 MIA. Escort is
    238 of 258 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.
      2. 262 B-17s are dispatched to hit the aviation industry at Neumunster
    (23); 231 hit the secondary, the Neumunster marshalling yard; 3 others hit
    targets of opportunity; 10 B-17s are damaged; 1 airman is KIA. Escort is 93
    of 102 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      3. 215 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Mittelland Canal at Minden; 2 others
    hit targets of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 31 damaged; 10 airmen are MIA.
    43 of 44 P-47s escort without loss.
      4. 101 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Bottrop oil refinery; 12 others hit
    the secondary, the marshalling yard at Hamm; 39 B-17s are damaged. 257 of 271
    P-51s escort without loss.
      5. 143 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Sterkrade oil refinery (134); 1
    other hit Vreden; 27 B-24s are damaged. 40 of 43 P-51s escort claiming 0-0-1
    aircraft; 3 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      6. 119 B-17s are dispatched to hit the benzol oil plant at Duisburg (65);
    43 hit a target of opportunity, the marshalling yard at Rheydt; 18 B-17s are
    damaged. 51 of 54 P-47s escort without loss.
      30 P-51s of the Scouting Forces patrol the area without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather grounds the 9th Bombardment
    Division; fighters, during armed reconnaissance, attack railroads and
    bridges; the IX Tactical Air Command also supports ground forces in the
    Schmidt, Germany area.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 580+ fighter-
    escorted B-17s and B-24s bomb the Moosbierbaum oil refinery and Vienna S
    ordnance depot, alternate targets of Maribor, Yugoslavia marshalling yard,
    the Kapfenberg steel works and the Deutsch Wagram and Graz marshalling
    yards, and the railroad power sub station at Bolzano, Italy.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers strike
    electric transformers and converters, railway bridges and railway fills on
    the rail line through the Brenner Pass; fighter-bombers and fighters again
    hit troops and gun positions in the battlelines S of Bologna and
    communications targets N of the battle area.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): In the Bonin Islands, B-24s from Saipan Island
    bomb shipping at Okimura and Higashi-minato and hit Ani Jima Island. During
    the night of  6/7 Nov a snooper mission is flown over Iwo Jima Island
    airfields; the dispersal areas and runways are bombed. Beginning on this date
    and continuing through 24 Dec 44, B-24s on Saipan Island fly 24 missions to
    lay 170 mines in several anchorages throughout the Bonin Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s strike Lahug,
    Cebu Island and Fabrica, Negros Island Airfields, while fighter-bombers pound
    Palompon on Leyte Island, a bridge N of Valencia on Mindanao Island, and
    barges in Ormoc Bay, Leyte Island, all in the Philippine Islands. B-24s bomb
    Malili on Celebes Island. The 822d Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 38th
    Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Biak Island to Morotai Island with
    B-25s.

    TUESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 6 B-25s bomb the railroad
    yards at Yuncheng; 2 B-25s and 21 P-51s, P-40s, and P-38s hit targets of
    opportunity around Wanling, Burma and Mangshih, Chefang, and Lungling; HQ
    68th Composite Wing moves from Liuchow to Luliang; the air echelon of the
    118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF (attached to 23d
    Fighter Group), ceases operating from Liuchow and returns to base at
    Chengkung with P-51s.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 80+ P-47s hit gun
    positions, supply areas, and troops at Bhamo, Pintin, and in the vicinity of
    Myazedi, bomb airfields at Kawlin, Shwebo, and Onbauk, hit a fuel dump near
    Panghkam road junction, attack railroad targets of opportunity between Indaw
    and Shwebo, and targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy River between
    Bhamo and Katha; 28 other P-47s maintain overlapping patrols over the area S
    of Myitkyina; transports fly 260+ sorties to forward areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): No bomber operations because of
    unfavorable weather; fighters fly patrols and armed reconnaissance, attacking
    railroads, gun positions and other targets; the IX Tactical Air Command
    supports the US V Corps as fierce counterattacks force the US 28th Infantry
    Division to retreat from the village of Kommerscheidt, Germany; the V Corps
    decides to withdraw the Kall River bridgehead.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 550+ B-17s and B-24s attack
    Maribor and Alipasin Most, Yugoslavia and Brunico, Italy marshalling yards;
    the Floridsdorf oil refinery at Vienna, Austria; the Brenner Pass railroad
    route; railroad bridges at Pinzano al Tagliamento, Casarsa della Delizia,
    Mezzocorona, Ora, and Albes, Italy; and troop concentrations at Novi Pazar,
    Sjenica, Prijepolje, and Mitrovica, Yugoslavia; fighters escort all
    operations except the attacks on troop concentrations; in Yugoslavia, 124
    P-38s strafe troop concentrations at Podgorica and roads and railroads near
    Raska, between Visegrad-Prijepolje-Sjenica and from Sjenica to Novi Pazar.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): The Adjutant General officially
    orders the de facto action of 19 Oct redesignating HQ XII Fighter Command to
    HQ XXII Tactical Air Command. In Italy, medium bombers of the 42d Bombardment
    Wing (Medium) aid the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) Desert Air Force (DAF) in
    supporting the British Eighth Army's attack on Forli; the 57th Bombardment
    Wing continues an interdiction campaign against railway supply lines in NE
    Italy; fighter-bombers closely support US Fifth Army forces astride the Idice
    River in the mountains S of Bologna and bomb communications N of the
    Apennines, scoring many hits on bridges between Piacenza and Bologna.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Guam Island strike Iwo Jima Island
    and, during an armed reconnaissance flight, bomb AA positions on Marcus
    Island. P-47s strafe the airfield on Pagan Island during the early morning
    and follow up with rocket and strafing runs later in the morning.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s and fighter-bombers hit Fabrica, Alicante, and Bacolod
    Airfields on Negros Island, and Opon Airfield on Cebu, Island; shipping at
    various C Philippine Islands locations, and communications and supply targets
    at Tambuco, Ormoc, and Palompon on Leyte Island, Valencia on Mindanao Island,
    and other areas; P-38s and B-25s hit Del Monte Airfield on Mindanao Island
    and targets of opportunity in Macajalar Bay on Mindanao Island, and Mandai
    Airfield on Celebes Island; the 89th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 3d
    Bombardment Group (Light), moves from Hollandia, New Guinea to Dulag, Leyte
    Island with A-20s. On Celebes Island, B-25s hit Tanamon, Mapanget, and
    Langoan. On Halmahera Island, B-25s and fighter-bombers hit Galela, Miti, and
    Kaoe Airfields. In sweeps over Boeroe Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, and Ceram
    Island, Moluccas Islands, small groups of B-25s and P-38s hit runways and
    small shipping. B-24s bomb Raba Estate in the Sunda Islands. In New Guinea,
    the 4th Photographic Charting Squadron, 311th Photographic Wing (Mapping and
    Charting) (attached to Thirteenth AF), arrives at Hollandia from the US with
    F-7s (the squadron will begin mapping of the SW and W Pacific in Dec 44).

    WEDNESDAY, 8 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): An 8-aircraft shipping sweep is cancelled due
    to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In S China and N French Indochina 2
    B-25s hit railroad tracks at Lohochai, China and 2 others hit tracks at Duc
    Tho, French Indochina. 4 P-51s blast road machinery near Muse, Burma. 15
    B-25s, 13 P-40s and P-51s pound storage buildings, villages, and other
    targets of opportunity throughout the Mangshih, China area.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 80+ P-47s support ground
    forces in the Mawlu area, bomb personnel, supplies, and communications
    facilities at Tunhong, Chaungdauk, and Kutkai, gun positions at Hsipaw, the
    Man Hpa town area, Kawlin Airfield and targets of opportunity along the
    Kawlin-Pinwe railroad; 8 B-25s knock out the Bawgyo railroad bridge. 270+
    transports fly sorties to forward areas. In India, a detachment of the 5th
    Fighter Squadron (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, begins operating from
    Fenny with P-47s; the detachment of the 6th Fighter Squadron (Commando), 1st
    Air Commando Group, operating from Cox's Bazar return to base at Asanol.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The transfer of training functions
    from VIII Air Force Composite Command to combat groups is completed; the VIII
    AF Composite Command ceases to function as personnel are attached to the Air
    Disarmament Command (Provisional) by the US Strategic Air Forces in Europe
    (USSTAF). The airfield at Denain/Prouvy, France is assigned to HQ Eighth AF;
    this is the first step in establishing an VIII Air Force Services Command
    Service Center on the European continent so that Eighth AF can service and
    administer its own aircraft and personnel in the area.
      2 missions are flown.
      Mission 705: 690 bombers and 890 fighters are dispatched to make a PFF
    attack on Merseburg oil plants and Rheine marshalling yard; bad weather causes
    the recall of 350+ bombers; 3 bombers and 11 fighters are lost:
      1. 267 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg (193);
    2 others hit a target of opportunity; 9 of 12 B-17s fly as a screening force;
    3 B-17s are lost and 85 damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 27 MIA. Escorting are
    752 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 2-0-1 aircraft in the air and 0-0-1 on the
    ground; 2 P-47s and 9 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 2 P-51s are damaged
    beyond repair.
      2. 145 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Rheine marshalling yard (77);
    targets of opportunity are Enschede (8), Nordhorn Canal (8) and other (1); 15
    B-24s are damaged. Escorting are 36 of 37 P-47s without loss.
      3. 266 B-17s dispatched to hit the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg are
    recalled due to weather.
      11 of 14 P-51s fly a scouting missions without loss.
      Mission 706: 5 B-17s and 12 B-24s (2 abort) drop leaflets in France, the
    Netherlands and Germany during the night without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather cancels operations against
    military depots and troop concentrations in Germany, and fortified positions
    in France; a mission against rail bridges in Germany is recalled due to
    weather; fighters fly escort, attack railroads, bridges, factories, supply
    dumps, and command posts; the IX and XIX Tactical Air Commands support the US
    28th Infantry Division in the Schmidt, Germany area (V Corps begins
    withdrawing the Kall River bridgehead) and Third Army elements start an
    assault on enemy fortifications in the Metz, France area.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Yugoslavia, 34 B-24s bomb
    troop concentrations at Mitrovica, Prijepolje, and Sjenica.  Heavy cloud over
    the targets forces 70+ others to abort.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers strike
    the rail line in the Brenner Pass and other lines running into Italy from the
    NE and bomb bridges in the C and W Po Valley, damaging several and destroying
    the bridge at Mantua; fighters and fighter-bombers hit communications in the
    Bologna area, but concentrate most of their operations against bridges and
    rail lines in the Parma area in an effort to disrupt battle area supply lines.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island hit shipping at Chichi
    Jima and Haha Jima Islands. A single B-24 on a snooper mission bombs Iwo Jima
    Island during the night of 8/9 Nov. P-47s attempt a fighter sweep over Pagan
    Island but must abort because of bad weather.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 17 XXI Bomber Command B-29s are airborne
    against the airfield on Iwo Jima Island; 6 manage to bomb through a hole in
    the cloud cover; others fail to bomb the target; enemy aircraft drop
    phosphorus bombs on the formations, damaging 1 B-29; 1 B-29 ditches, the
    first aircraft lost by the XXI Bomber Command on a combat mission.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s again hit
    Alicante Airfield on Negros Island. On Celebes Island, B-25s bomb Langoan
    Airfield while P-38s on sweeps over the Kendari area hit parked aircraft,
    shipping, the nickel mine, and other targets of opportunity. On Halmahera
    Island, B-25s attack Kaoe and Hate Tabako Airfield while others hit targets
    of opportunity on Ceram Island. The 12th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter
    Group, based at Sansapor, New Guinea, begins operating from Morotai Island
    with P-38s. The 424th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Group
    (Heavy), that has been operating from Noemfoor Island with B-24s, returns to
    base on Wakde Island.

    THURSDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force):
         Eleventh AF: An 8-plane armed reconnaissance sweep and a 4-plane bombing
    mission are cancelled due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 8 B-25s bomb Mangshih while
    10 P-38s hit targets of opportunity in the Mangshih-Chefang area; 6 B-25s
    bomb Kaifeng while 6 others hit sampans, storage areas, and other targets of
    opportunity in the Yiyang area; 160 P-40s, P-38s, and P-51s on armed
    reconnaissance over wide expanses of S China and N Indochina attack trucks,
    gun positions, river and coastal shipping, and other targets of opportunity
    at or near Pingnam, Kweihsien, Changsha, Yoyang, Siangtan, Lushan, Kioshan,
    Paoching, Hengyang, Liangshan, Liuchow, Suikai, and Weichow Island and Gia
    Lam and Kien An, French Indochina.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 70+ aircraft bomb
    concentrations and supply areas at Kutkai, Shwebo, Mawtawng, and Kunhailong,
    bomb the airfield at Kawlin, knock out a bridge at Ho-hko, and support ground
    forces and hit targets of opportunity near Chyauhkawng, Namakyaing, Sepein,
    Tonlon, and at other points in the same general area; 6 B-25s bomb rail yards
    at Kanbalu; transports continue large-scale operations, flying nearly 300
    sorties to forward areas; the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Group, moves from Kisselbari, India to Myitkyina
    with P-40s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): The 304th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Peray to St-Andre-de-L'Eure,
    France with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 707: 1,309 bombers and 738 fighters are dispatched to hit front
    line strongpoints and tactical targets in the Metz and Thionville, France
    areas; 4 bombers and 5 fighters are lost:
      1. 460 B-17s are dispatched to hit transportation targets at Thionville
    (47); 276 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Saarbrucken; targets of
    opportunity are Saarlautern (34) and other (3); 4 B-17s are lost, 4 damaged
    beyond repair and 96 damaged; 8 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 27 MIA. Escort is
    provided by 187 of 192 P-51s without loss.
      2. 437 B-17s are dispatched to hit transportation targets at Metz (345); 41
    hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Saarbrucken; 28 hit Koblenz; 3
    B-17s are damaged beyond repair and 13 damaged; 19 airment are KIA. Escort is
    provided by 176 of 184 P-51s without loss.
      3. 402 B-24s are dispatched to hit transportation targets at Metz (385); 15
    hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Saarbrucken; 1 B-24 is damaged
    beyond repair and 5 damaged. Escort is provided by 113 of 119 P-51s; 3 P-51s
    are damaged beyond repair.
      4. 10 of 10 B-17s fly a screening force mission.
      5. 139 P-47s and P-51s fly fighter-bomber missions in the Frankfurt-
    Lannheim area of Germany; 1 P-47 and 4 P-51s are lost; 4 pilots are MIA.
      6. 30 of 32 P-51s fly a scouting forces mission.
      Mission 708: 5 B-17s and 12 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night.
      The 27th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 7th Photographic Group
    (Reconnaissance) (attached to VIII Air Force Service Command), moves from
    Mount Farm, England to Denain/Prouvy, France with F-5s.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 74 planes of the 9th Bombardment
    Division attack road junctions, barracks, ordnance arsenals, artillery camps,
    military storage depot, and other targets in the Dieuze and Faulquemont,
    France and Landau and Sankt Wendel, Germany areas; the IX Tactical Air
    Command flies sweeps over W Germany and attacks marshalling yard at Duren,
    Germany, while the XXIX Tactical Air Command escort attacks Rahling, Germany
    and an airfield and supports US Third Army elements (2 infantry and 2 armored
    divisions) as an allout assault on Metz, France is pushed. In France, HQ 358th
    Fighter Group moves from Mourmelon to Toul; the 379th Fighter Squadron, 362d
    Fighter Group, moves from Prosnes to Rouvres with P-47s; the 425th Night
    Fighter Squadron, XIX Tactical Air Command, moves from Prosnes to Etain with
    P-61s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Bad weather limits operations
    to 4 weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather hampers
    medium bombers operations in the Po Valley as 7 of 9 missions abort; in the
    2 others, bridges in the Valley are hit; fighters and fighter-bombers fly
    less than 100 sorties, but successfully strike road and railroad bridges in
    the Bologna-Modena areas.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Guam Island, fly shipping
    reconnaissance over the Bonin Islands attacking vessels and AA positions at
    Haha Jima Island, shipping and town at Okimura and returning, strafe Iwo Jima
    Island. P-47s from Saipan Island Island strafe storage caves on Pagan Island.
    During the night of 9/10 Nov a lone B-24 from Guam Island, on a snooper
    mission, bombs Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, fighter-bombers attack a convoy off the W coast of Leyte Island and
    hit barges and shipping near Ormoc; B-24s bomb Carolina Airfield on Negros
    Island. B-25s attack several airfields and villages in the NE peninsula of
    Celebes and Halmahera Islands. A-20s strike Piroe on Ceram Island. HQ 309th
    Bombardment Wing (Heavy) moves from Noemfoor Island to Owi, Schouten Islands.
    The 70th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group, based at Sansapor, New Guinea,
    begins operating from Morotai Island with P-38s. The 408th Bombardment
    Squadron (Heavy), 22d Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Owi, Schouten
    Island to Leyte Island with B-24s; the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter
    Group, moves from Biak Island to Dulag, Leyte Island with P-38s.

    FRIDAY, 10 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 11 B-25s pound storage buildings and
    the town area of Wanling, Burma. In China, 130+ P-40s, P-38s, and P-51s on
    armed reconnaissance over S China attack river, road and rail traffic,
    storage, airfield and villages at or near Tingka, Chefang, Kweilin, Yoyang,
    Nanyo, Changsha, Paoching, Kweihsien, Yungfu, Wuchou, Siangtan, Tanchuk,
    Mosun, Kweiping, Yuncheng, Chenghsien, Hankow, and Chikhom.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 60+ P-47s again attack a
    variety of targets including Japanese concentrations at Bhamo, Indaw, Hkapra,
    and Nawngtao, the town of Naba Station, bridges at Meza and in the Kawlin
    area, and targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy River and along the
    railroad corridor in N Burma and support ground forces S of Bhamo; transports
    fly 250+ sorties to forward areas; the 20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron,
    8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, that has been operating from Tingkawk
    Sakan since Jun 44 with P-40s, returns to base at Myitkyina.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 709: 752 bombers and 808 fighters in 3 forces are dispatched to
    make PFF attack on airfields in W Germany; 4 bombers are lost.
      1. 302 B-24s are dispatched to hit the Langendiebach Airfield at Hanau
    (229); 61 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Hanau; 1 B-24 is lost, 1
    damaged beyond repair and 46 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 2 WIA and 9 MIA.
    Escort is provided by 261 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 4-0-0 aircraft without
    loss.
      2. 235 B-17s are dispatched to hit Wiesbaden Airfield (105); 73 hit the
    secondary, Wiesbaden/Halle; 4 others hit targets of opportunity; 2 B-17s are
    lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 90 damaged; 7 airmen are WIA and 20 MIA.
    Escort is provided by 142 of 154 P-51s without loss.
      3. 203 B-17s are dispatched to hit the Butzweilerhof (96) and Ostheim (97)
    Airfields at Cologne; 1 B-17s is lost and 95 damaged; 2 airmen are KIA, 5 WIA
    and 9 MIA. Escort is provided by 182 of 191 P-51s; they claim 2-0-0 aircraft
    without loss.
      4. 12 of 12 B-17s fly a screening mission.
      5. 79 of 87 P-47s hit communications targets in N and C Germany; they claim
    1-0-0 aircraft on the ground.
      6. 35 P-51s fly a scouting force mission.
      7. 58 of 60 P-51s make strafing runs in Germany.
      Mission 711: 6 B_17s and 9 B-24s (1 abort) drop leaflets on the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night without loss.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 150+ bombers dispatched against
    an ordnance arsenal and camp area are recalled due to weather; 7 others drop
    leaflets; the XXIX Tactical Air Command attacks railroads while the XIX
    Tactical Air Command escorts bombers and supports the 80th and 5th Infantry
    Divisions in the US Third Army assault in the Metz, France area.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Continued bad weather limits
    operations to reconnaissance missions and reconnaissance escorts by P-38s.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): HQ and HQ Squadron, XII Tactical
    Air Command; HQ and HQ Squadron, 64th Fighter Wing; 324th Fighter Group;
    415th Night Fighter Squadron; 11th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron; and
    several signal, fighter control, and service units are relieved from duty
    with the Twelfth AF and assigned to the European Theater of Operations, US
    Army (ETOUSA) and the First Tactical Air Force (Provisional).
      In Italy, medium bombers continue the interdiction campaign against
    railways in NE Italy, principally the Brenner Pass, Brenta River and Po River
    bridges, rail ferry at Ostiglia, and several dumps; fighter-bombers hit rail
    targets and guns at several points in Po Valley.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 27 Saipan Island-based B-24s pound Iwo Jima
    Island. In the Palau Islands, 6 B-24s from Angaur Island bomb Koror Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s and A-20s
    over Ceram Island bomb Haroekoe Airfield, Piroe, and targets of opportunity
    on the S coast. In the Philippine Islands, fighter-bombers again hit Ormoc
    Bay, Leyte Island shipping while B-25s join US Navy aircraft in shipping
    strikes throughout the same area; at least 3 destroyers are claimed sunk;
    B-24s in the area bomb the town of Ormoc; the 19th and 33d Bombardment
    Squadrons (Heavy), 22d Bombardment Group (Heavy), move from Owi, Schouten
    Islands to Leyte Island with B-24s; the 460th Fighter Squadron, 348th Fighter
    Group, moves from Noemfoor Island to Tacloban, Leyte Island with P-47s; the
    500th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 345th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves
    from Biak Island to Dulag, Leyte with B-25s (squadron continues operating
    from Biak). The 371st, 372d and 424th Bombardment Squadrons, 307th
    Bombardment Group (Heavy), move from Wakde Island to Morotai Island with
    B-24s (squadrons are operating from Noemfoor Island).

    SATURDAY, 11 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 18 B-25s hit Phuc Yen, French
    Indochina, Wan Lai-Kam, Burma, and damage a bridge on the Mekong River in
    French Indochina. 10 B-25s bomb Kweilin Airfield in China while 4 hit
    Wanling, Burma. 5 B-25s and 6 P-40s attack Chingmen Airfield, China. 70+
    P-40s, P-51s and P-38s over S China and N Indochina on armed reconnaissance
    hit targets of opportunity at several locations, concentrating on Lampang,
    Thailand, and the Changsha, Lingling, and Hengyang, China areas.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, nearly 90 P-47s hit troop
    concentrations at Chaungdauk, Nawngtao, Mankang, and in the Indaw vicinity;
    damage and knock out bridges at Meza and S of Kawlin, score near misses on
    bridges in the Hsenwi and Namhkai area; blast a radio installation near
    Manoi, bomb Kawlin Airfield, hit rail traffic between Shwebo and Padu, and
    attack targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy River from Tigyaing to
    Twinnge. Transports fly 237 sorties to forward areas. The 115th Liaison
    Squadron, Tenth AF, arrives at Ledo, India from the US with L-1s and L-5s.
    A detachment of the 317th Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando), Tenth AF, begins
    operating from Tulihal, India with C-47s (squadron is based at Sylhet,
    India).

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command): The 305th Troop Carrier
    Squadron, 442d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Peray to St-Andre-de-L'Eure
    with C-47s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 712: 482 bombers and 367
    fighters make PFF attacks on oil refineries and marshalling yards in W
    Germany; 1 bomber and 1 fighter are lost:
      1. 197 B-17s are sent to hit the Oberlahnstein marshalling yard (146); 24
    hit the secondary, the Koblenz marshalling yard; 2 hit a target of
    opportunity; 1 B-17s is damaged beyond repair and 31 damaged; 1 airman is
    KIA. Escorting are 170 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      2. 129 B-17s are sent to hit the Buer oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen (100);
    23 hit the secondary, the Rheine marshalling yard; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond
    repair and 1 damaged; 7 airmen are KIA. Escorting are 52 P-51s; 1 is lost.
      3. 143 B-24s are sent to hit the Bottrop oil refinery (124); 1 hit
    Recklinghausen, a target of opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 39 damaged; 10
    airmen are MIA. Escorting are 98 P-47s and P-51s.
      12 of 13 B-17s fly a screening mission.
      31 P-51s fly a scouting mission.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS

        First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): HQ 320th Bombardment Group and
    the 441st, 442d, 443d and 444th Bombardment Squadrons (Medium) move from
    Corsica to Longvic Airfield at Dijon, France with B-26s.

    (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 190 B-26s and A-20s hit
    strongpoints at Putzlohn and rail bridges at Sinzig, Euskirchen, Ahrweiler,
    and Mayen; the IX Tactical Air Command hits railroads and other targets,
    escorts the bombers, and supports the US 28th Infantry Division in the
    Schmidt area. The XXIX Tactical Air Command hits targets in W Germany. The
    XIX Tactical Air Command flies armed reconnaissance and supports the US XII
    and XX Corps in the Thionville-Metz, France area. In France, the 405th
    Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, based at Tavaux Airfield at Dole
    begins operating from Dijon with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 220+ heavy bombers attack
    marshalling yards in Rosenheim, Germany; Salzburg, Villach, Linz, and Lienz,
    the railroad at Zell am See and highway bridge at Sillian, and Wurzen Pass,
    Austria; railroad bridges at Pinzano al Tagliamento, Latisana, and Casarsa
    della Delizia, and Aviano Airfield, Italy. Fighters escort all missions
    except the bridge attacks. Bad weather grounds 100+ other heavy bombers, and
    another 320+ are recalled before reaching their target areas.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers strike at
    railroad bridges in NC and NE Italy, damaging a bridge at Piazzola sul Brenta
    and knocking out 2 spans of a bridge at Latisana; fighter-bombers continue
    support of ground forces S of Bologna, attack vehicles, trains, and
    communications in the Genoa-Alessandria area, bomb Villafranca di Verona
    Airfield and set most of the area aflame; during the night of 10/11 Nov A-20s
    bomb Ghedi Airfield and targets of opportunity in the Po Valley. The 17th and
    18th Troop Carrier Squadrons, 64th Troop Carrier Group, cease operating from
    Istres, France and return to base at Ciampino, Italy with C-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Escorted by newly arrived P-38s (some of which
    also escort the B-29 raid on Truk Atoll) 29 Guam Island-based B-24s pound Iwo
    Jima Island airfields. 16 Saipan Island Island-based P-47s hit Pagan Island
    beach defenses and storage caves.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): The last of the 6 preliminary training
    missions of the XXI Bomber Command is directed at Truk Atoll where 8 B-29s
    bomb Dublon Island submarine pens.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s hit Dumaguete Airfield on Negros Island while fighter-bombers
    hit shipping in the Palompon area of Leyte Island and targets of opportunity
    at Valencia on Mindanao Island. Over Halmahera Island, fighter-bombers and
    B-25s hit shipping and Namlea Airfield on Buru Island. On Celebes Island,
    P-38s hit Kendari Airfield and B-24s bomb the Ninring River area.

    SUNDAY, 12 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 2 B-24s fly armed reconnaissance over Onnekotan
    and Matsuwa Islands.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 8 B-25s knock out a railway bridge
    and damage 2 others near Thanh Hoa, French Indochina. In Burma, 4 B-25s bomb
    the town of Man Pwe while 4 attack Wanling. In China, 38 P-51s and P-40s hit
    Hengyang Airfield and attack river, rail, and road traffic, artillery pieces,
    pillboxes, and storage around Hengyang, Lingling, and Kweilin; 13 P-40s hit
    the Changsha area; 40 P-51s and P-38s hit various targets of opportunity at
    several other locations scattered throughout S China and N French Indochina;
    the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, based at
    Kunming, sends a flight to operate from Suichwan with F-5s (other flights are
    operating from Kanchow and Hanchung).

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 16 P-47s support ground
    forces in the Pinwe area and near Indaw; 24 attack supplies and
    communications targets in the Kawlin area while 9 bomb Japanese
    concentrations at Indaw and Man Hkong; the town of Pegon is attacked by 11
    P-47s and 20+ others and 9 B-25s hit targets of opportunity during the sweeps
    of the Irrawaddy River from Singu to Katha and along rail lines at several
    points in N Burma. 250+ transport sorties are flown to forward bases and
    frontline areas. HQ 2d Air Commando Group arrives at Kalaikunda, India from
    the US.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): 29 Chengtu, China-based B-29s
    bomb Omura, Kyushu Island, Japan; 20+ others bomb the last resort target of
    Nanking, China (due to bad weather over Omura), and 20+ more hit various
    alternate targets and targets of opportunity.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      AIRBORNE OPERATIONS (IX Troop Carrier Command):

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The operational tour of duty for
    fighter pilots is set at 270 hours.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents operations by the
    9th Bombardment Division; fighter operations are limited but IX and XIX
    Tactical Air Command's fly patrols and armed reconnaissance in W Germany and
    along the French-German border. In France, the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st
    Fighter Group, based at Tavaux Airfield, Dole begins operating from Dijon
    with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Italy, 107 fighter-escorted
    B-24s strike at bridges at Ora, Albes, and Mezzocorona, a viaduct at Avisio,
    plus the alternate target of Casarsa della Delizia railroad bridges and
    targets of opportunity in NE Italy including the Latisana railroad bridge and
    an airfield to the N.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather grounds
    medium bombers; fighter-bombers support ground forces in the N Apennines and
    hit railway targets in the Po Valley, cut rail lines in 18 places and destroy
    or seriously damage 8 bridges; during the night of 11/12 Nov A-20s hit motor
    transport, Bergamo Airfield, and the Po River crossing at San Benedetto Po.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 29 Saipan Island-based B-24s with P-38 escort
    bomb the airfield on Iwo Jima Island. 11 P-47s strafe the runway and storage
    area on Pagan Island. During the night a B-24 on a snooper mission bombs Iwo
    Jima Island. B-24s from Angaur Island bomb Koror Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Alicante Airfield on Negros Island while on Leyte Island,
    fighter-bombers hit Linao barges on the W coast and shipping in Ormoc Bay;
    B-25s bomb Daliao and Matina Airfields on Mindanao Island. B-24s and fighter-
    bombers over NE Celebes and Halmahera Islands attack shipping and Djailolo
    Airfield on Halmahera Island. 50+ B-25s blast Mapia and Asia Islands, New
    Guinea. Units moving to Leyte Island, Philippine Islands: HQ 91st
    Photographic Wing (Reconnaissance) moves from Biak Island; HQ 345th
    Bombardment Group (Medium) and the 498th and 499th Bombardment Squadrons
    (Medium) from Biak Island with B-25s (squadrons continue to operate from Biak
    Island). The 370th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Group
    (Heavy), ceases operating from Noemfoor Island with B-24s and returns to base
    on Wakde Island.

    MONDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In Burma, 4 B-25s bomb Man Pwe while
    4 others blast 3 warehouses at Wanling. 60+ P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on armed
    reconnaissance over S China and as far W and SW as Burma and Thailand hit
    numerous targets of opportunity including shipping, troops, and railroad
    targets.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 100+ fighter-bombers pound
    numerous targets in N Burma; close support strikes are made on the Pinwe
    area, bridges at Namhkai, Meza, and Thegyaung, on troop concentrations and on
    supplies at Loi-Lum and Namhpakka; the ferry crossing at Shweli is hit by
    12-hour delay bombs, the Nawnghkio landing ground is strafed, and numerous
    targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy River and rail lines in N Burma
    are hit. Transports fly 300+ sorties to forward areas; the 166th Liaison
    Squadron (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, moves from Asansol, India to
    Yazagyo with UC-64s and L-5s; the 427th Night Fighter Squadron, AAF,
    India-Burma Theater, based at Pandaveswar, India, sends detachment to operate
    from Myitkyina with P-61s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 713: 4 B-17s and 8 B-24s
    drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents all operations
    except for night patrol and weather reconnaissance by the IX Tactical Air
    Command.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): During the night of 12/13 Nov
    14 B-17s and B-24s hit the oil refinery at Blechhammer, Germany; 5 others hit
    alternate targets and targets of opportunity at scattered locations including
    Gleiwitz, Germany, Karvina, Poland and Ruzomberok and Vac, Czechoslovakia.
    Day operations are limited to reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy during the night of 12/13
    Nov A-20s bomb ammunition dumps, pontoon bridge, and targets of opportunity
    in the Po Valley; a thick overcast covering N Italy the following morning
    vastly curtails medium bombers which attack only a railway bridge at Padua;
    fighter-bombers continue to hit communications N of the battle area and also
    the oil pipeline across the Po River at Ostiglia.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 6 B-24s from Guam Island, escorting US Navy
    photo aircraft over Iwo Jima Island and the Bonin Islands, attack shipping at
    Futamiko in the Bonin Islands; 1 B-24 from Saipan Island, carrying out an
    unsuccessful shipping search, bombs Iwo Jima Island. 7 B-24s from Angaur
    Island hit oil storage on Malakal Island, Palau Islands and attack a bridge
    between Malakal and Koror Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s pound Fabrica Airfield on Negros Island while fighter-bombers
    hit shipping and other targets of opportunity; a few fighter-bombers hit
    Legaspi Airfield on Luzon Island; B-25s, with P-38 cover, hit San Roque
    Airfield and the town of Zamboanga on Mindanao Island; the 433d Fighter
    Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, moves from Biak Island to Dulag, Leyte Island
    with P-38s; the 501st Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 345th Bombardment Group
    (Medium), moves from Biak Island to Dulag, Leyte Island but continues to
    operate from Biak. Over Halmahera Island and in the Ceram Island area
    fighter-bombers and A-20s bomb airfields and various targets of opportunity.
    Pegun Island, New Guinea, is blasted by 2 waves of 70 A-20s.

    TUESDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In E Burma and in the China-Burma
    boundary areas 8 B-25s bomb Wanling and Hsenwi, Burma; 15 P-38s and P-40s on
    armed reconnaissance hit targets of opportunity around Wanling, Burma and
    Mangshih, China.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 12 B-25s bomb a supply
    area near Lashio; 56 fighter-bombers hit supply areas, enemy concentrations,
    town  areas, and general targets of opportunity at Tingka, China and Kutkai,
    Sandaya, Palaung, Kawlin, and in the Shwebo-Kyaukmyaung area. 12 support
    ground forces in the Pinwe area, 4 bomb Sindaw River bridges and 30+ others
    maintain patrols S of Myitkyina. 300+ transport sorties are flown to forward
    areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather prevents all operations
    except a few fighter patrols and reconnaissance flights. In France, the
    353d and 356th Fighter Squadrons, 354th Fighter Group, based at Orconte,
    begin operating from St Dizier with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

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

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather restricts
    operations to fighter-bomber attacks by 17 P-47s on rail lines and road N of
    the battleline.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 22 Saipan Island and Guam Island-based B-24s
    bomb Woleai Atoll, Caroline Islands, hitting an airfield and adjacent
    installations and firing an oil dump. 4 Saipan Island-based P-47s hit the
    airfield on Pagan Island. During the night of 14/15 Nov a B-24 from Saipan
    Island on a snooper mission attacks shipping SW of the Bonin Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s pound Pegun
    Island, New Guinea in preparation for allied amphibious landings early the
    following morning. B-24s strike Langoan Airfield on Celebes Island. In the
    Philippine Islands, B-24s, with P-38 and P-47 cover, bomb Bacolod Airfield on
    Negros Island while fighter-bombers hit trucks and buildings in the Valencia,
    Mindanao Island area and near Linao on Leyte Island and hit shipping S of
    Ormoc on Leyte Island; on Cebu Island, B-25s and fighter-bombers pound Lahug
    and Opon Airfield; the 310th Bombardment Wing (Medium) moves from Morotai
    Island to Leyte Island; the ground echelon of the 418th Night Fighter
    Squadron, Thirteenth AF, moves from Morotai Island to Dulag, Leyte Island
    (the air echelon remains on Morotai with P-61s). The 370th Bombardment
    Squadron (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves form Wakde Island to
    Morotai Island with B-24s.

    COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
    WEDNESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 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:
      B-17, Boeing Flying Fortress
      B-24, Consolidated Liberator
      B-25, North American Mitchell
      C-47, Douglas Skytrain
      F-7, Consolidated Liberator
      P-38, Lockheed Lightning
      P-40, Curtiss
      P-47, Republic Thunderbolt
      P-51, North American Mustang

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

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 8 B-25s weather-abort an armed photo
    reconnaissance over Paramushiru Island.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 19 B-25s and 16 P-51s and P-40s over
    SW China, W Burma, and N Indochina hit railroad targets, villages, town
    areas, and general targets of opportunity at or near man Pwe and Wanling,
    Burma; Mangshih and Tingka, China; Quang Yen, Nam Dinh, and Thanh Hoa, French
    Indochina.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 12 B-25s attack the
    airfield at Kawlin; 42 P-47s hit supplies, troop and vehicle concentrations,
    and targets of opportunity at Mansak, Gyogon, Banmauk, Namtao, and Wuntho; 20
    support ground forces in the Pinwe area while 16 attack bypass bridges at
    Kawnghka and Namhkai, knocking out the latter; 8 P-47s bomb Kyaikthin rail
    sidings and junction, 8 strafe Anisakan Airfield, and 12 hit targets of
    opportunity during N Burma road sweeps. 280 transport sorties are flown.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 714: 6 B-17s and 6 B-24s
    drop leaflets in the Netherlands, France and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): HQ XII Tactical Air Command, along
    with the 71st Fighter Wing, 50th, 358th, and 371st Fighter Groups, 86th Air
    Depot Group, and 83d and 312th Service Groups, is assigned to the First
    Tactical Air Force (Provisional); when hostilities cease the First Tactical
    Air Force will be disbanded and all of its units will revert to the Ninth AF.
      Weather prevents bomber operations and limits fighters; the XIX Tactical
    Air Command flies armed reconnaissance in Merzig-Trier-Saarbrucken, Germany
    area and supports the XX Corps in same area.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria, 80 B-17s and B-24s
    attack a benzol plant at Linz, marshalling yard at Innsbruck, and troop
    concentration at Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia (all primary targets), and make
    single bomber attacks on Wolfsburg, Salzburg, Hieflau, the Kapfenberg steel
    works, Schwaz, Ybbs, and airfields near Linz, and Passau, and Traunstein,
    Germany; fighters escort the Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia raid.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): Twelfth AF loses HQ 63d Fighter
    Wing; HQ 42d Bombardment Wing (Medium); HQ 17th and 320th Bombardment Groups
    (Medium), and 310th Service Group to European Theater of Operations, USA Army
    (ETOUSA).
      Bad weather cancels all operations except for reconnaissance by 4 P-47s and
    attack by 2 on railroad bridge and rolling stock in the Po Valley.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Guam Island-based B-24s on a shipping strike to
    the Bonin Islands, attack vessels at Haha Jima Island and near Chichi Jima
    Island. 1 Saipan Island-based B-24, during the night of 15/16 Nov snooper
    mission, bombs Iwo Jima Island after failing to find shipping targets in the
    Bonin Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s and fighter-
    bombers support allied amphibious landings in Mapia Islands off the NW coast
    of New Guinea. In NE Celebes B-24s bomb Tanamon, Celebes Island while other
    B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers hit scattered targets of opportunity on
    Celebes and Halmahera Islands. In the Philippine Islands, B-24s, with P-38
    support, bomb La Carlota Airfield on Negros Island while B-25s hit Lahug on
    Cebu Island; B-25s and fighter-bombers attack targets of opportunity on Cebu
    Island and shipping off the W coast of Leyte Island; on Mindanao Island B-24s
    hit 3 airfields while P-38s hit shipping and other targets of opportunity; HQ
    22d and 43d Bombardment Groups (Heavy) move from Owi, Schouten Islands to
    Leyte Island; the 8th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 3d Bombardment Group
    (Light), moves from Hollandia, New Guinea to Dulag, Leyte Island; the 20th
    Combat Mapping Squadron, 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, moves from
    Biak Island to Dulag, Letye Island (air echelon continues operating from Biak
    Island with F-7s; the 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, moves from
    Morotai Island to Dulag, Leyte Island but continues to operate from Morotai
    with P-38s. In New Guinea, the 68th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop
    Carrier Group, moves from Nadzab to Biak Island (detachment remains at Biak)
    with C-47s.

    THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 23 B-24s bomb Changsha; 8
    B-25s hit Lohochai and bomb the Wanling, Burma area. In French Indochina, 16
    B-25s hit Nghia Trang, Duc Tho, Nha Trang, and Do Len. 70+ P-40s and P-51s
    over SE and SW China on armed reconnaissance attack road, river, and rail
    traffic, town areas, and other targets of opportunity at several scattered
    locations.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 30 P-47s hit troop
    concentrations and supply areas at Naungmo, Nawngmoloi, and Lashio; 11
    support ground forces in the Pinwe area, 4 attack bridges at Meza and over
    the Sindaw River; 4 bomb the Meza railroad station, 16 sweep the railroad
    from Sagaing to Kanbalu, and 16 strafe Nawnghkioand Hsumhsai Airfields.
    Transports fly 270+ sorties to forward bases and frontline areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 715: 1,243 bombers and 282
    fighters, along with Ninth AF and Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft, are
    dispatched to attack tactical targets E of Aachen, Germany in support of the
    US First and Ninth Armies' offensive; 1 fighter is lost:
      1. 486 of 495 B-17s hit transportation targets in the Duren area; 1 B-17 is
    damaged beyond repair and 8 damaged; 1 airman is WIA. Escort is 151 of 159
    P-51s; 1 is damaged beyond repair.
      2. 490 of 501 B-17s and 228 of 243 B-24s hit transportation targets in the
    Eschweiler area; 2 B-17s are damaged beyond repair and 8 damaged; 2 airmen
    are KIA, 2 WIA and 6 MIA. Escort is 98 of 107 P-51s; 1 is lost (pilot MIA)
    and 3 damaged beyond repair.
      4 of 4 B-17s fly a screening force mission.
      16 of 16 P-51s fly a scouting force mission.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 80 9th Bombardment
    Division bombers hit defended areas and strongpoints at Echtz, Luchem, and
    Eschweiler; IX Tactical Air Command fighter-bombers dive-bomb gun positions
    and other targets in the Stolberg and Hurtgen areas and XIX Tactical Air
    Command supports the US XX Corps in the Merzig, Trier, and Saarbrucken area;
    the XXIX Tactical Air Command attacks targets in 12 W German towns; the US
    First and Ninth Armies begin an eastward thrust (Operation QUEEN) into hit by
    the IX and XXIX Tactical Air Commands.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 550+ B-17s and B-24s attack
    Munich, Germany W marshalling yard and troop concentrations at Visegrad,
    Yugoslavia as well as an alternate target of Innsbruck, Austria marshalling
    yard and scattered targets of opportunity; 250+ P-51s and P-38s support the
    attack on Munich; 26 other P-38s strafe transport targets on roads between
    Sarajevo and Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, medium bombers fly 250+
    sorties against rail lines in the Brenner Pass and other parts of NE Italy
    destroying the railroad bridge at Sacile; fighter-bombers in support of the
    British Eighth Army advance to the NW of Forli, hit guns, ammunition
    supplies, and other military targets, attack pipeline crossings of the Po
    River at Ostiglia and Ferrara, and pontoon stores near Ficarola, as well as
    hitting communications targets N of the battle area; the 346th Fighter
    Squadron, 350th Fighter Group, moves from Tarquinia to Pisa with P-47s.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 12 Saipan Island-based B-24s bomb shipping at
    Chichi Jima Island while 2 others attack barges at Haha Jima. 12 P-47s and 3
    P-38s hit the airfield on Pagan Island in the first combat strike by P-38s in
    the Mariana Islands.  During the night of 16/17 Nov a snooper mission in the
    Bonin Islands, a B-24 attacks shipping.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Colonel Willard R
    Wolfinbarger becomes Commanding Officer of the XIII Fighter Command.
      In the C Philippine Islands and in the Mindanao Island area B-25s, B-24s,
    and fighter-bombers hit airfields, harbors, shipping, and targets of
    opportunity.  In the Kendari area and on the NE peninsula of Celebes Island,
    and on Halmahera Island, B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers pound airfields,
    villages and shipping. B-25s also support ground forces in the Mapia Island
    and bomb Namlea Airfield on Buru Island. Units moving to Leyte Island,
    Philippine Islands: HQ 3d Bombardment Group (Light) and 90th Bombardment
    Squadron (Light) from Hollandia, New Guinea with A-20s; HQ 348th Fighter
    Group from Noemfoor Island.

    FRIDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-24s bomb Suribachi Airfield on Paramushiru
    Island; 2 fighters intercept and damage 1 B-24 which force-lands on
    Kamchatka, USSR.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 3 B-24s bomb Kowloon Docks,
    Hong Kong; 15 B-25s, in flights of 2 or 3 each, attack gun positions, storage
    areas, and village and town areas N of Chuchou, W of Nanyo, and at Chefang
    and Nanyo and S of Hpalen, Burma; also a bridge at Tingka is knocked out;
    100+ P-40s and P-51s hit targets of opportunity throughout SE and SW China,
    concentrating on the Mangshih and Changsha areas.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 33 P-47s hit troop and
    vehicle concentrations and supply areas at Manlu, Loi-Lum, Nawngmoloi, and
    Kyaukme; 10 P-47s support ground forces in the N Burma railroad corridor near
    Meza; 16 others sweep the rail line from Hsipaw to Sedaw hitting rolling
    stock, gun positions and other targets of opportunity while 3 bomb the Meza
    railroad station; 16 others strafe airfields at Nawnghkio, Anisakan, and
    Onbauk; 9 B-25s bomb bridges at Lashio, knocking out a bypass bridge and
    damaging others; several machinegun positions are silenced in the bridge
    area; transports continue to operate on large scale, flying 266 sorties to
    forward areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 30 bombers of the 9th Bombardment
    Division hit Haguenau, France; weather prevents 100+ bombers from attacking
    targets; fighters escort bombers, fly patrol and armed reconnaissance over
    a wide area of W Germany, and support the US 104th and 4th Infantry Divisions
    and 2d Armored Division, E of Aachen and near Hurtgen, Germany.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 630+ B-17s and B-24s attack
    Blechhammer S oil refinery, Germany; Floridsdorf oil refinery in Vienna,
    Austria; the industrial area in and near Vienna; marshalling yards at
    Maribor, Yugoslavia; Gyor, Hungary; Graz, Salzburg, Villach, and the town of
    Sankt Johann in Tirol, Austria; plus several scattered targets of
    opportunity.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): For the first time in several
    months the Twelfth's medium bombers attack targets in Yugoslavia, hitting
    bridges along the Brod-Zagreb-Maribor railroad; in Italy, medium bombers also
    hit rail bridges and viaducts in the NE, concentrating on the Brenner Pass
    where ground haze and smoke screen at the Avisio viaduct hamper the attacks;
    fighter-bombers of the XXII Tactical Air Command cut rail lines, hit larger
    concentrations of railroad cars, and blast several ammunition and fuel dumps
    N of the battleline below Bologna; fighter-bombers closely supporting ground
    forces also hit guns and other military targets in battle area.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): In the Bonin Islands, 15 B-24s, flying a
    shipping strike out of Saipan Island, attack vessels SW of Muko Jima Island
    and the attack harbor and town of Okimura.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Legaspi Airfield on Luzon Island; on Mindanao Island,
    B-24s bomb Sasa and Likanan Airfields; other B-24s and B-25s fly heckling
    missions over the C Philippine Islands, Mindanao Island, and NE Celebes
    Island  B-25s continue to support ground forces on Mapia Island. HQ 317th
    Troop Carrier Group moves from Hollandia, New Guinea to Leyte Island.

    SATURDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): On Paramushiru Island, 4 B-24s strike
    Suribachi shore batteries, including one on Takikawa Cape. A shipping sweep
    by 6 B-25s is cancelled due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 10 B-25s blast stores at
    Hengshan and hit populated areas from Ishan to Liuchow; 130+ P-51s, P-40s,
    and P-38s pound targets of opportunity scattered over vast areas of S China;
    troops, shipping, supplies, trucks, and railroad targets are hit particularly
    hard N of Lingling, from Liuchow to Ishan, from Hengshan to Hengyang, from
    Kweilin to Liuchou, from Siangtan to Paoching, and at Chuanhsien,
    Hwaiyuanchen, Chingmen, Chuchiang, and Shihkiachwang.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma,  27 fighter-bombers
    support ground forces S of Pinwe and in the Bhamo area; 16 attack troops and
    supply area at Panglong and Nga-pwegyi while 7 hit the ferry area at Meza; 20
    hit targets of opportunity along the Kanbalu-Wuntho railroad and at Maymyo
    and Wetwin; 9 B-25s pound Man Pwe rail yards, destroying warehouses and other
    buildings and causing much general damage. Transports continue large-scale
    operations to forward areas. In India, the detachment of the 317th Troop
    Carrier Squadron (Commando), 2d Air Commando Group, operating from Tulihal
    with C-47s returns to base at Sylhet.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 716: 402 fighters (47 P-47s and 355 P-51s) are dispatched to strafe
    oil storage depots in the Hanau and Ulm areas, airfields at Leipheim and
    Lechfeld, and miscellaneous ground targets in Germany; 374 actually attack;
    about 70 Luftwaffe fighters are encountered and the AAF claims 26-2-6 in the
    air and 69-0-41 on the ground; 2 P-47s and 5 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and
    2 P-51s are damaged beyond repair.
      Mission 717: 4 B-24s and 6 B-17s drop leaflets in Belgium, the Netherlands
    and France during the night.
      HQ 92d Combat Bombardment Wing (Heavy) moves from Sudbury to Bury St
    Edmunds, England.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 340+ bombers of the 9th Bombardment
    Division strike barracks areas, rail bridges, rail facilities, strongpoints,
    and defended positions at 13 locations in Germany; fighters escort the
    bombers, fly sweeps and armed reconnaissance over W Germany, and support
    ground forces E of Aachen, Germany and in the Sarreguemines, France area. In
    France, the 355th Fighter Squadron, 354th Fighter Group, based at Orconte
    with P-47s, begins operating from St Dizier.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 680+ B-17s and B-24s bomb the
    Floridsdorf oil refinery at Vienna, Austria and the Korneuburg, Austria oil
    refinery; airfields at Aviano, Villafranca di Verona, Udine, and Vicenza,
    Italy; and troop concentrations at Visegrad, Yugoslavia; 126 P-38s escort the
    Austrian missions while 12 others bomb the troop concentrations at Visegrad,
    Yugoslavia; 186 P-51s provide cover for raids on the Italian airfields and
    sweep target areas; 50+ other fighters fly reconnaissance and reconnaissance
    escort. The 37th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Group, arrives at Naples, Italy from the US with F-5s (first
    mission is 3 Feb 45).

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): Medium bombers bomb bridges at
    Pizzighettone, Romano di Lombardia, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Migazzone,
    Casarsa della Delizia, and Casale Monferrato, Italy; and at Zidani Most,
    Yugoslavia and also pound the Brod-Ljubljana, Yugoslavia railway, the
    principal German escape route in the Balkans; fighter-bombers continue
    successful attacks on rail lines, dumps, guns, and pipelines in the N
    Apennines and the Po Valley, XXII Tactical Air Command claiming 100+ train
    cars, 8 locomotives, and nearly 75 vehicles destroyed.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): B-24s from Saipan Island and Guam Island hit
    shipping at Chichi Jima and Haha Jima Islands. P-38s and B-24s from Saipan
    Island escort photo planes over Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Mindanao-NE
    Celebes Islands areas B-24s, B-25s and A-20s again hit airfields and
    targets of opportunity. Fighter-bombers, A-20s, and B-25s over several
    locations in the Philippine Islands pound shipping, supply and personnel
    areas, harbors, barges, airstrips, and communications targets. In Borneo,
    B-24s, with P-38s and P-47s supporting, launch a major strike against oil
    installations at Tarakan; other B-24s and B-25s hit shipping off Tarakan and
    in Brunei Bay. On Celebes Island in the Makassar and Kendari area B-24s bomb
    Polewali shipyards; B-24s pound airfields in the Ceram Island-Ambon Island
    area while P-38s strafe shipping. B-25s continue to support ground forces on
    Mapia Island off the NW coast of New Guinea. In the Philippine Islands, HQ
    58th Fighter Group and the 310th and 311th Fighter Squadrons move from
    Noemfoor Island to San Roque, Leyte Island with P-47s. In New Guinea, the
    66th Troop Carrier Squadron, 433d Troop Carrier Group, moves from Nadzab to
    Biak Island with C-47s.

    SUNDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 3 B-24s bomb Samah Bay docks on
    Hainan Island. In China, 10 B-25s damage 2 buildings N of Chefang and score
    hits on bridges at Tingka and Wan Lai-Kam, Burma; 8 P-40s and P-38s hit
    targets of opportunity S of Tingka and Chefang; 19 P-40s blast troops and
    river, rail, and road traffic in the Hankow area; 27 P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s
    hit numerous targets of opportunity in the Mangshih area. The 35th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, based at Chanyi, sends a
    flight to operate from Suichwan with F-5s.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 15 P-47s support ground
    forces attacking Bhamo and fighting in the Pinwe area; 36 P-47s pound enemy
    concentrations at Man Mao, Sekang, and Manlu. Transports fly 290 sorties to
    forward areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): 450+ A-20s, A-26s, and B-26s bomb
    storage depots, bridge, junction, ordnance depots, and defended positions in
    or near 10 German towns and cities; fighters escort the bombers, carry out
    patrols, and fly armed reconnaissance hitting rail facilities and other
    targets over W German areas including Euskirchen, Trier, Saarbrucken, Julich,
    and Cologne; the IX, XIX, and XXIX Tactical Air Commands support the US VII,
    XII, XIX, and XX Corps areas E of Aachen and near Hurtgen, Germany, between
    Metz, France and Saarlautern, Germany and near Sarreguemines, France. In
    Belgium, HQ 366th Fighter Group moves from Couvron Airfield at Laon, France
    to Assche.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 500+ B-24s and B-17s bomb the
    Schwechat and Vosendorf oil refineries, Winterhafen oil depot and Lobau oil
    plant in Vienna, Wiener-Neudorf aircraft factory, Linz benzol plant, and
    Horsching Airfield, Austria; Gyor, Hungary and Maribor, Yugoslavia
    marshalling yards, plus several scattered targets of opportunity; 19 P-38s
    dive-bomb troop concentrations at Prijepolje and Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia,
    while 126 P-51s strafe roads and railroads between Esztergom and Veszprem,
    Hungary and Vienna, Austria, and also attack Veszprem and Tapolcza Airfields
    in Hungary; other fighters cover heavy bomber and reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, fog and low clouds force
    cancellation of missions against W Po Valley targets and limit fighter-
    bombers to a midday attack on rail lines, guns, troop concentrations, motor
    transport, and other military targets in and near the battle area S of
    Bologna. During the night of 18/19 Nov A-20s on armed reconnaissance bomb
    Ghedi Airfield and targets in the Bologna, Ferrara, Mantua, Cremona, and
    Parma areas.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 5 B-24s from Guam Island, on armed
    reconnaissance over Iwo Jima Island and the Bonin Islands, bomb airfields on
    Iwo Jima while 15 hit shipping at Chichi Jima and Haha Jima Islands. 1 B-24
    from Angaur Island in the Palau Islands bombs Legaspi Airfield on Luzon
    Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Alicante on Negros Island and Palompon on Leyte Island
    while P-47s hit the Valencia, Mindanao Island and Ormoc, Leyte Island areas.
    On Mindanao Island B-24s hit Libby Airfield; others bomb airfields at Sasa on
    Mindanao Island, and Sidate, Mapanget, and Borebore on Celebes Island. B-25s
    and A-20s hit airfields and shipping in the Ceram Island-Ambon Island-Boeroe
    Island area. B-25s and A-20s hit targets on Asia Island, New Guinea. Units
    moving to Leyte Island: HQ 312th Bombardment Group (Light) and the 386th,
    387th, 388th and 389th Bombardment Squadrons (Light) from Hollandia, New
    Guinea with A-20s; 2d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 22d Bombardment Group
    (Heavy), from Owi, Schouten Islands with B-24s; 39th Troop Carrier Squadron,
    317th Troop Carrier Group, from Hollandia; 403d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy),
    43d Bombardment Group (Heavy) from Owi, Schouten Islands with B-24s.

    MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 3 B-24s fly an air cover mission for the US
    Navy.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 8 B-25s hit the barracks area at
    Lashio, Burma; 60+ P-38s, P-40s, and P-51s on armed reconnaissance over parts
    of SE and SW China and French Indochina attack shipping--especially severely
    in the Chiuchiang, China area--and barracks, radio stations, villages, and
    other targets of opportunity. In China, the flight of the 21st Photographic
    Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth AF, operating from Kanchow with F-5s,
    returns to base at Kunming.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 7 B-25s knock out the
    Hsipaw road bridge; 4 others fail to damage the Bawgyo bridge; 12 P-47s
    support ground forces in the Pinwe sector; 20+ others hit defenses at Mong
    Nge, a horse transport unit at Selan, bomb storage areas at Kyungon and
    Kyakataing, Japanese HQ and troop concentration at Man Mao, and several
    scattered targets of opportunity. Transports maintain continuous flights to
    forward bases and frontline areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 718: 172 B-17s are sent to hit the Schowen oil plant at
    Gelsenkirchen (61); 93 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at Munster; 25
    B-17s are damaged. Escort is 214 P-47s and P-51s; no losses.
      Other flights:
        12 of 12 B-17s fly a screening mission.
        310 P-47s and P-51s make fighter-bomber strikes agains miscellaneous
    targets in W Germany; 1 P-47 and 7 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 1 P-51 is
    damaged beyond repair.
       12 of 12 P-51s fly a scouting mission.
      Mission 719: 6 B-17s and 7 B-24s drop leaflets on the Netherlands, France
    and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS

        [First Tactical Air Force (Provisional)]: HQ 17th Bombardment Group
    (Medium) and the 34th and 37th Bombardment Squadrons Medium) move from
    Corsica to Dijon, France with B-26s.

        (Ninth Air Force): Bad weather prevents bomber operations; fighters fly
    sweeps and night patrols over broad areas of W Germany and strafe and bomb
    numerous railroads, trains, buildings and various military targets. In
    France, the 365th, 366th and 367th Fighter Squadrons, 358th Fighter Group,
    move from Mourmelon to Toul with P-47s. In Belgium, the 389th Fighter
    Squadron, 366th Fighter Group, moves from Couvron, France to Asch with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 192 B-24s and B-17s bomb the
    Blechhammer S oil refinery in Germany and the town of Prerov, Czechoslovakia,
    a target of opportunity; 284 others encounter bad weather and attack several
    alternate targets and targets of opportunity in Czechoslovakia including the
    town of Zlin and marshalling yards at Brno, Hodonin, and Breclav and other
    targets of opportunity in C and SE Europe. In Yugoslavia, 92 B-24s attack
    the Sarajevo marshalling yard, and railroad bridges at Doboj, Zenica, and
    Fojnica and 11 P-38s divebomb a marshalling yard at Brod, while 43 others
    strafe communications between Esztergom and Veszprem, Hungary, and Vienna,
    Austria; other fighters fly bomber escort, reconnaissance, and reconnaissance
    escort.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy during the night of 19/20
    Nov 44 A-20s attack Po River crossings, airfields and lights in the Po
    Valley. During the day bad weather prevents medium bombers from successfully
    attacking targets; fighter-bombers able to operate during the late morning
    destroy 2 factories E of Modena, and supply dumps near Parma, and cause large
    explosions in a dump near San Felice del Benaeo.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Bad weather cancels all bombing missions.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-25s bomb Haroekoe
    Airfield on Haroekoe Island and Laha Airfield on Amon Island. On Celebes
    Island, P-38s hit targets of opportunity over Sidate and in the Makassar
    areas. Units moving to Leyte Island: HQ Fifth AF moves from Owi, Schouten
    Islands; 13th Bombardment Squadron (Light), 3d Bombardment Group (Light),
    from Hollandia, New Guinea to Dulag with A-20s. The 371st Bombardment
    Squadron (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Group (Heavy), ceases operating form
    Noemfoor Island with B-24s and moves forward to Morotai Island.

    TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Advance HQ Eleventh AF is established on
    Shemya Island, Aleutian Islands with Brigadier General Harry A Johnson as
    Deputy Commander. 5 B-24s fly air coverage for naval units; another fleet
    coverage mission by 10 B-25s is cancelled due to weather; before clearance
    can be obtained from the Soviets through diplomatic channels, a B-24 air-
    drops provisions to a marooned crew of a B-24 which forcelanded on Kamchatka
    Island on 17 Nov 44.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 42 P-51s and P-38s on armed
    reconnaissance attack fuel supplies and the town area at Ishan and road and
    rail traffic and other targets of opportunity N of Wanling, Burma and in the
    Chiuchiang area, S of Foochow, and at Hsuchang, Sincheng, and Sheklung.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 61 B-29s from Chengtu, China bomb an aircraft
    plant at Omura, Kyushu Island, Japan; 13 B-29s bomb Shanghai, China, and
    several others hit alternates and targets of opportunity; the B-29s claim 27
    fighters downed, the highest Twentieth AF claim to date.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 28 P-47s support ground
    forces in the Pinwe and Bhamo areas; 37 others hit supply areas, troop
    concentrations and strongholds at Langwa, Pinmalut, Hlebwe, Mutawng, and
    Nawnghkem; 15 P-47s hit targets of opportunity while sweeping the Kyaukme-
    Namyao road; 10 B-25s knock out bridges at Hsipaw and Bawgyo. Transports fly
    280+ sorties to forward areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 720: 1,291 bombers and 954 fighters are dispatched to make PFF
    attacks using H2X on oil targets in Germany; they claim 73-7-25 Luftwaffe
    aircraft; 25 bombers and 15 fighters are lost:
      1. 421 B-17s are sent to hit the Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg
    (200); targets of opportunity are Meppen (24), Friedburg (21), Hersfeld (12)
    and Hunfeld (12) marshalling yards, flak gun batteries at Merseburg (12),
    Leeuwarden Airfield (11), Apolda (10) the Autobahn at Hersfeld (10),
    Quakenbruck (10), and other (69); the AAF claims 1-0-1 aircraft; 14 B-17s are
    lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 205 damaged; 1 airman is KIA, 16 WIA and
    129 MIA. Escort is 268 of 310 P-51s; they claim 63-7-20 aircraft in the air
    and 3-0-2 on the ground; 9 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      2. 402 B-17s are sent to Sterkrade, Lendorf and Hamburg but hit the
    secondary, the Osnarbruck marshalling yard (166) and last resort targets,
    i.e., Giessen marshalling yard (77), Wetzlar (62), Lingen (24), Koblenz
    marshalling yard (23), Bielefeld marshalling yard (9), and targets of
    opportunity (35); 7 B-17s are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 142 damaged;
    2 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and 65 MIA. Escort is 382 of 420 P-51s; 4 P-51s are
    lost (pilots MIA).
      3. 366 B-24s are sent to hit the Dpag (178) and Rhenania (171) oil plants
    at Hamburg; 4 B-24s are lost, 2 damaged beyond repair and 220 damaged; 19
    airmen are KIA, 8 WIA and 89 MIA. Escort is 177 P-47s and P-51s; they claim
    5-0-2 aircraft in the air and 2-0-1 on the ground; 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost
    (pilots MIA).
      4. 12 of 12 B-17s fly a screening mission.
      5. 31 of 33 P-51s fly a scouting mission.
      Mission 721: 7 B-17s and 5 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS

        First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): The 95th Bombardment Squadron
    (Medium), 17th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Poretta, Corsica to
    Dijon, France with B-26s.

        Ninth Air Force: In Germany, the 9th Bombardment Division hits rail
    bridges and defended areas at several points including Bergstein, Echtz,
    Sinzig, Neuwied, and Derichsweiler; fighters escort the B-26s and also Eighth
    AF B-17s (to Merseburg), fly area cover, sweeps, and dive-bombing missions in
    W Germany, and support the US 1st, 8th, and 104th Infantry Divisions in
    the Hurtgen area and the XII and XX Corps between Merzig and Sarreguemines,
    France. The 378th Fighter Squadron, 362d Fighter Group, moves from Prosnes to
    Rouvres, France with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 25 B-24s bomb troop
    concentrations, railroad, and highways at Novi Pazar and Cacak, Yugoslavia.
    155 P-38s dive-bomb communications lines in S Yugoslavia, destroying several
    vehicles, blasting roads at Vucitrn, Rogatica, Tvrdosevo, and Duga Poljana,
    hitting bridges at Vrbasici, and Kukavica and causing a landslide at Pavlica;
    87 P-51s strafe communications over wide areas of S Yugoslavia; other
    fighters fly reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s blast defenses and
    troop concentrations in the Faenza area as the British Eighth Army's 5 Corps
    opens a general offensive N towards that town; fighter-bombers hit targets in
    the US Fifth Army battle area S of Bolonga, in the Po Valley, and in NE
    Italy; particularly good results are achieved against supply dumps and a rail
    line in the Brenner Pass is cut in 3 places.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Seventh AF service groups are reassigned from
    the VII Air Service Area Command to the VII Bomber Command and VII Fighter
    Command, with one service group to support each tactical group in the field.
      B-24s from Guam Island bomb shipping and naval shore installations at
    Chichi Jima and Haha Jima Islands. During the night of 21/22 Nov a lone B-24
    on a snooper mission bombs Iwo Jima Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Matina and Lumbia Airfields on Mindanao Island; on Leyte
    Island, fighter-bombers hit troop barges and supply dumps in Ormoc Bay and
    numerous targets of opportunity throughout the C Philippine Islands. On
    Celebes Island, B-25s hit Langoan and Mapanget Airfields while B-24s in the
    Kendari area bomb Ambesia Airfield.

    WEDNESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 4 B-25s abort an air coverage mission due to
    weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 22 B-24s bomb Hankow; 11
    B-25s pound the Ishan and Liuchenghsien areas while 8 hit storage facilities
    at Wanling and Kutkai, Burma; 95 P-51s, P-40s, and P-38s on armed
    reconnaissance over wide expanses of S China attack town areas, supplies, and
    road and rail traffic, hitting the Chefang area especially hard.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 15 P-47s support ground
    forces at Bhamo while 37 others fly close support in the Pinwe area; supply
    and personnel areas at Nawngchio, Kutkai, Ingon, Selong, Man Mao, and in the
    vicinity of Kanbalu are pounded by more than 40 P-47s; 12 others attack the
    airfield at Kawlin  Transports fly 188 sorties to forward areas. In India,
    the 2d Combat Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, moves from Sylhet to
    Imphal with C-47s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): The 2d and 4th Combat Bombardment
    Wings (Heavy) of the 3d Bombardment Division are combined to form the
    Administrative Bombardment Wing (Provisional); this type of unit is expected
    to be highly suitable for conditions in the Pacific theater where bomb
    division HQ might be located far from its wing HQ; under this new plan, the
    administrative wing can absorb many functions of the division HQ; this
    experiment will be judged acceptable during Feb 45.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS

        First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): HQ 63d Fighter Wing moves from
    San Pietro Italy to Vittel, France; the 432d Bombardment Squadron (Medium),
    17th Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Poretta, Corsica to Dijon,
    France with B-26s.

        Ninth Air Force: Bomber operations are cancelled due to bad weather;
    fighter operations are limited. 16 aircraft from the IX and XIX Tactical Air
    Commands patrol over the V and VII Corps area (SE of Aachen), the Bonn-
    Cologne area, and fly reconnaissance around Saarbrucken, Homburg/Saar,
    Neukirchen and Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Sarrebourg, France. In France,
    the 377th Fighter Squadron, 362d Fighter Group, moves from Prosnes to
    Rouvres, France with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 205 B-17s and B-24s hit E and W
    marshalling yards at Munich, Germany; 214 others fail to reach primaries
    because of impenetrable weather and attack alternates and targets of
    opportunity including marshalling yards at Regensburg, Germany, Salzburg,
    Lienz, and Villach, Austria and several targets of opportunity at scattered
    points; fighters provide escort to Munich, Germany. In Italy, 88 B-24s attack
    a bridge at Ferrara and rail line at Carbola, while 39 P-38s bomb the Osoppo
    motor transport depot.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s again pound
    defenses in the Faenza area as British Eighth Army forces push into that area
    from the SE; fighter-bombers and fighters fly nearly 350 sorties against rail
    lines in the Po Valley and very successfully hit guns, vehicles, troops and
    other targets in the US Fifth Army battle area S of Bologna, and supply dumps
    and pipelines N of the battle area.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 22 B-24s from Saipan Island escorted by 22
    P-38s (the first long-range P-38 escort of Seventh AF bombers), bomb
    airfields on Moen and Param Islands in the Caroline Islands. P-47s from
    Saipan Island pound the airfield on Pagan Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers pound Bacolod Airfield and Ipil on
    Negros Island, and Ormoc, Leyte Island area bridges, barges, and targets of
    opportunity; B-24s bomb Sasa Airfield on Mindanao Island. On Celebes Island,
    fighter-bombers hit targets of opportunity in the Makassar area, B-24s bomb
    the nickel mine and targets of opportunity in the Kendari area and hit
    airfields in NE Celebes.  Other B-24s hit small shipping during sweep over
    Brunei Bay, Borneo.

    THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In Burma, 12 B-25s bomb a storage
    area near Lashio and 8 hit Kutkai and Wanling. 2 B-24s bomb Kowloon Docks in
    Hong Kong. 120+ P-40s, P-51s and P-38s hit targets of opportunity throughout
    SW and SE China; 32 of the fighter-bombers support ground forces in the
    Chefang, China area.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 50+ P-47s support ground
    forces in the Pinwe and Bhamo areas; 16 sweep and strafe airfields and many
    targets of opportunity from Anisakan to Nawnghkio; 3 hit an ammunition dump
    at Man Naung; 21 P-47s sweep roads in the Ye-U area and strafe rail
    installations at Kanbalu; 10 B-25s knock out the Tantabin main bridge and
    Tangon and Thegyaung bypass bridges, and blast approaches to the Tangon main
    bridge and Tantabin bypass bridge. 282 transport sorties are flown to forward
    bases and frontline areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 722: In Germany, 134 of
    155 B-17s and 73 of 78 P-51s make a GH attack on the Norstern benzol
    manufacturing plant near Gelsenkirchen and the marshalling yard at Duisburg
    with the loss of 1 P-51 (pilot MIA) and 1 P-51 damaged beyond repair; 13 of
    13 B-17s fly a screening mission and 10 of 12 P-51s fly a scouting mission.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS

        First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): HQ 42d Bombardment Wing (Medium)
    moves from Borgo, Corsica to Dijon, France.

        Ninth Air Force: Unfavorable weather cancels all flights.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Yugoslavia, 81 B-24s attack
    road and railroad bridges at or near Zenica, Brod, and Doboj; 30 P-38s bomb
    the Doboj marshalling yard, 13 hit Doboj road and rail bridge, and 4 attack,
    but miss, a bridge at Maglaj; 13 B-24s and B-17s drop supplies at points in
    Yugoslavia.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather restricts
    operations; medium bombers over the Faenza area abort due to overcast, P-47s
    hampered by low clouds over the Apennines Mountains, fly only 16 sorties,
    against rail lines S of Bologna, but succeed in cutting the lines in 6
    places.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 17 B-24s from Guam Island hit shipping at
    Chichi Jima and Haha Jima Islands and bomb the town of Okimura in the Bonin
    Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Matina Airfield on Mindanao Island; the 63d and 64th
    Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 43d Bombardment Group (Heavy), move from Owi,
    Schouten Islands to Tacloban, Leyte Island with B-24s.

    FRIDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 21 B-24s bomb the warehouse area and
    docks at Hankow, China. 3 others hit the Haiphong, French Indochina area. 22
    B-25s bomb a storage area near Lashio, Burma, targets of opportunity in the
    Hankow, China area, and the towns of Wanling and Wan Lai-Kam, Burma, and
    Siangtan, and Wuchang, China. 120+ P-40s, P-38s and P-51s on armed
    reconnaissance attack many targets of opportunity in E Burma and SW and SE
    China, concentrating on river and rail traffic and supplies at Chefang,
    Hengshan, and the Sinshih-Changsha, China area.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 32 P-47s fly close support
    strikes in the Pinwe and Bhamo sectors; 50 P-47s attack troops and supply
    areas at Panma, Hpa-Hpen, Nawng-Sang, Kawlin, Wahkyet, Kawngai, and in the
    Pintha area, 8 damage bridges at Meza, Namhkai, and Hsenwi while 10 others
    hit Lashio Airfield; 6 B-25s pound the storage and ferry area at Meza and 4
    damage approaches to the Namhkai and Hsenwi road bridges. 323 transport
    sorties are flown to forward areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather cancels all operations
    except for 3 XIX Tactical Air Command (Provisional) fighters which fly a
    night intruder mission in Saarbrucken, Zweibrucken, and Homburg/Saar areas of
    Germany.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): P-38s and P-51s fly photo and
    weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s, in support of the
    British Eighth Army, bomb defenses in the Faenza area; bad weather restricts
    fighter-bombers to 2 missions which damage a road bridge and cut rail line S
    of Modena.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 2 B-24s from Saipan Island on a shipping
    reconnaissance attack vessels at Haha Jima and Chichi Jima Islands. 3 B-24s
    from Guam Island on armed reconnaissance bomb Marcus Island. 14 Saipan
    Island-based P-47s strafe landing ground on Pagan Island.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): The XXI Bomber Command flies its first
    mission against Japan; the objective is Tokyo; the 111 B-29s are led by 73d
    Bombardment Wing (Very Heavy) Commanding General, Brigadier General Emmett
    O'Donnell Jr piloting DAUNTLESS DOTTY, copiloted by Major Robert K Morgan,
    erstwhile pilot of the famed B-17, MEMPHIS BELLE; 35 B-29s bomb the primary
    target, the Musashino aircraft plant; 50 bomb the secondary target, the urban
    area and docks; 17 abort enroute; the remainder are unable to bomb due to
    mechanical difficulties; 1 B-29 crashes off Honshu Island when a fighter rams
    the bomber, shearing off the elevator and right horizontal stabilizer,
    becoming the first XXI Bomber Command B-29 lost to Japanese action; 1 other
    ditches after running out of fuel; B-29 gunners claim 7 aircraft downed.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb AA positions and targets of opportunity at Camp Downes
    and Panalisan Point and US fighters attack and destroy several aircraft over
    Carigara Bay and the Leyte Island area; B-24s hit AA positions and other
    targets at Matina Airfield on Mindanao Island; units arriving on Leyte
    Island: 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Group, at Dulag from Biak Island with F-5s; 65th Bombardment
    Squadron (Heavy), 43d Bombardment Group (Heavy), at Tacloban from Owi,
    Schouten Islands with B-24s.

    SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): A B-24 aborts an armed photo mission over
    Matsuwa Island due to weather and instead radarbombs Kurabu Airfield on
    Paramushiru Island; B-25s cancel a shipping sweep due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 12 B-25s hit warehouses, village and
    town areas at Lashio and Wanling, Burma. 6 attack rail targets, trucks, and
    buildings at Phu Lang Thuong, French Indochina. 75 P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on
    armed reconnaissance attack river, road, and rail traffic, troops, buildings,
    and other targets of opportunity at several Thailand, Burma, S China, and N
    French Indochina locations, including areas around Bhre and Lampang,
    Thailand; Paoching, Ankang, Ishan, and Hochih, China; Namsang, and Mongyu,
    Burma; and Phu Lang Thuong, French Indochina.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 24 fighter-bombers support
    ground forces in the Bhamo area; 24 bomb an airfield at Kawlin while 8 more
    strafe Tabingaung Airfield and town area; 12 attack the Meza railroad station
    and boxcars in nearby bridge area, storage and personnel areas in the Lashio
    area and at Nawngyang, Ashang, and Man Mao; 8 P-47s strafe targets of
    opportunity along the Wuntho-Shwebo rail line. Transports fly 325 sorties to
    forward bases and frontline areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 723: 1,043 bombers and 965 fighters are dispatched to hit the
    synthetic oil plant at Merseburg, Germany using H2X and a marshalling yard; 8
    bombers and 6 fighters are lost:
      1. 671 of 766 hit the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg and 9 hit targets of
    opportunity; 8 B-17s are lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 197 damaged; 7
    airmen are KIA, 5 WIA and 64 MIA. Escort is 716 of 800 P-51s; they claim
    9-0-8 aircraft on the ground; 6 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 1 damaged
    beyond repair.
      2. 254 of 271 B-24s hit the Bingen marshalling yard; 43 B-24s are damaged;
    1 airman is WIA. Escort is 129 of 130 P-47s.
      Mission 724: 7 B-17s and 6 B-24s drop leaflets in France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night.
      The 36th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), VIII Fighter Command starts daily
    operations as a screening force for the bombardment divisions; it is assigned
    the task of protecting the Eighth's primary VHF and fighter-to-bomber
    communications from interception during assembly; the increase of flak
    batteries around German military and industrial installations soon compels
    the 36th to increase radar countermeasures on each mission; the 36th remains
    on this assignment until the end of war in Europe

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, the 9th Bombardment
    Division hits an ordnance arsenal at Landau, road junctions, and an
    ammunition dump at Neustadt and Kaiserslautern; fighters escort the 9th
    Bombardment Division and Eighth AF, fly armed reconnaissance and support
    ground forces E of Aachen and between Merzig and Sarreguemines, France. The
    356th Fighter Squadron 354th Fighter Group, moves from Orconte to
    Rosieres-en-Haye, France with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): During the night of 24/25 Nov,
    40+ B-17s and B-24s bomb the Linz benzol plant, Klagenfurt, and Innsbruck,
    Austria, and Munich W W marshalling yards in Germany, and 2 unidentified
    targets of opportunity; during the day P-38s fly photo and weather
    reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, bad weather again
    hampers operations; 3 fighter groups fly only 53 sorties against railway
    targets and targets of opportunity N of the US Fifth Army battle area,
    cutting lines at 14 places and destroying several vehicles. The 414th Night
    Fighter Squadron, 62d Fighter Wing, moves from Pisa to Pontedera, Italy with
    Beaufighters.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 7 Guam Island-based B-24s, escorting a photo
    aircraft over the Bonin and Kazan Islands, bomb Chichi Jima, Muko Jima, and
    Haha Jima Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, fighter-bombers range over wide areas of Masbate, Cebu, and Leyte
    Islands, and surrounding waters, attacking shipping, airfields, bivouacs, and
    a variety of targets. B-25s and fighter-bombers hit airfields on Ceram and
    Boeroe Islands and B-24s on armed reconnaissance over N Borneo hit shipping
    and other targets of opportunity. During the night of 25/26 Nov, B-25s hit
    airfields in NE Celebes and Halmahera Islands.

    SUNDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): A shipping sweep by 4 B-25s is called off due
    to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 19 B-25s and 20 P-51s blast railway
    cars, station, and track, hit several trucks, and hit town areas at Hochih,
    China and Phu Lang Thuong, French Indochina. 6 B-25s damage a bridge at
    Kengluang, Thailand. 90+ P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s hit river, rail, and road
    traffic and other targets of opportunity over wide S China areas, 40 of them
    concentrating on targets between Kweiyi and Changsha and around Liuchow,
    China. A flight of the 21st Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth
    AF, begins operating from Luliang, China with F-5s (squadron is based at
    Kunming).

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 16 P-47s continue close
    support strikes; about 60 fighter-bombers hit concentrations, supply and
    ammunition dumps, and rail targets at Panghkai, Kunmong, Mabein, Lashio,
    Panku, and around Meza; 7 others on a railroad sweep hit targets of
    opportunity between Maymyo and Man Pyen. Transports fly 300+ sorties to
    forward areas.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 725: 1,137 bombers and 732 fighters are dispatched to make attacks
    on rail viaducts, marshalling yards and oil installations in W Germany; all
    but 1 attack is with radar; about 550 Luftwaffe fighters intercept and 34
    bombers and 9 fighters are lost; the AAF claims 133-14-42 aircraft:
      1. 406 B-17s are sent to hit an oil refinery at Misburg (243) and a rail
    viaduct at Altenbekin (118); 19 hit the secondary, the marshalling yard at
    Osnabruck; 3 others hit a target of opportunity; they claim 4-6-7 aircraft;
    10 B-17s are lost, 4 damaged beyond repair and 160 damaged; 4 airmen are KIA,
    6 WIA and 93 MIA. Escorting are 292 P-47s and P-51s; they claim 67-2-11
    aircraft; 3 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA) and 2 damaged beyond repair.
      2. 350 B-24s are sent to hit the Schidesche rail viaduct at Bielefeld (240)
    and the Misburg oil refinery (57); targets of opportunity are Hannover
    marshalling yard (26) and other (1); they claim 12-5-4 aircraft; 21 B-24s are
    lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 53 damaged; 15 airmen are KIA, 6 WIA and
    196 MIA. Escorting are 208 P-47s and P-1s; they claim 42-0-18 aircraft; 2
    P-47s and 3 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).
      3. 381 B-17s are sent to hit the marshalling yard at Hamm (266); other
    marshalling yards hit are at Gutersloh (37), Bielefeld (36), Herford (24)
    plus 3 hit other targets; 3 B-17s are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and 86
    damaged; 1 airman is WIA and 27 MIA. Escorting are 132 of 138 P-51s; they
    claim 3-0-1 aircraft on the ground; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      4. 36 of 36 P-51s fly a scouting mission; they claim 5-1-2 aircraft without
    loss.
      Mission 726: 8 B-17s and 6 B-24s drop leaflets on France, the Netherlands
    and Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 173 B-26s and A-20s bomb
    supply, storage, stores, and ordnance depots at Gaulsheim, Bergzabern,
    Giessen, Reichenbach, and Homburg/Saar; fighters fly sweeps and armed
    reconnaissance over W Germany, search for a lost A-20, escort 9th Bombardment
    Division, and support the US 29th Infantry Division at Bourheim and the XX
    and XII Corps in the area of the Maginot Line and German-French border. The
    390th and 391st Fighter Squadrons, 366th Fighter Group, move from Couvron
    Airfield at Laon, France to Asch, Belgium with P-47s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): 39 P-38s fly an offensive sweep
    over Seregelyes Airfield, Hungary and strafe nearby road and rail traffic;
    other fighters fly reconnaissance and escort.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, a slight improvement in
    the weather permits fighter-bombers to increase operations;  P-47s closely
    support ground forces in the US Fifth Army battle area in the Apennines S of
    Bologna and cut rail lines in over 30 places N of the immediate battle zone.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): P-47s from Saipan Island strafe the airfield on
    Pagan Island. During the night a B-24 on a snooper mission from Guam Island
    bombs Iwo Jima Island. B-24s from Angaur Island bomb Arakabesan Island in the
    Palau Islands.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, 40+ B-24s, some with fighter support, bomb La Carlota and Talisay
    Airfields on Negros and Cebu Islands respectively; fighter-bombers hit an
    airfield and various targets of opportunity throughout the area. B-25s pound
    airfields in the Ambon-Ceram Islands area and B-24s bomb an airfield near
    Davao, Mindanano Island. Other bombers and fighters fly light strikes and
    armed reconnaissance missions against a variety of targets on N Celebes, N
    Borneo, S Luzon, Mindanao, and Halmahera Islands. HQ 22d Bombardment Group
    (Heavy) and the 33d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) move from Leyte Island,
    Philippine Islands to Angaur Island, Palau Islands with B-24s.

    MONDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 1944

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 17 B-24s bomb Gia Lam, French
    Indochina. 17 B-25s blast the Hochih, China area, 6 bomb Phu Lang Thuong,
    French Indochina, and 8 pound warehouses at Lashio, Burma. 56 P-40s, P-51s,
    and P-38s on armed reconnaissance over E Burma, N French Indochina, and vast
    areas of S China attack town areas, railroad targets, bridges and other
    targets of opportunity around Lampang, Thailand; Phu Binh, French Indochina;
    Pachai, Ishan, and Chefang, China; and Wanling, Hsenwi, and Kawnghka, Burma.
    A detachment of the 426th Night Fighter Squadron, Fourteenth AF, begins
    operating from Hsian, China with P-61s (squadron is based at Chengtu with a
    detachment at Kunming).

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 12 P-47s fly close support
    strikes in the Pinwe area; 21 fighter-bombers destroy bridges at Inailong and
    Thegyaung and damage bridges at Ho-hko and Kawnghka; 60+ fighter-bombers
    attack personnel and supply areas at Kutkai, Kyungon, Kodaungbo, Mongmit,
    Datwin, Man Namsawk, Old Lashio, and Ugingyi. Transports fly 280+ sorties,
    carrying men and supplies to forward bases and frontline areas. A detachment
    of the 9th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic
    Reconnaissance Group, begins operating from Myitkyina, Burma with F-5s
    (squadron is based at Barrackpore, India); the 165th Liaison Squadron
    (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, moves from Yazagyo, Burma to Asansol,
    India with UC-64s and L-5s; the 434th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 12th
    Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Comilla to Fenny, India with B-25s.

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Twentieth Air Force): Operating from the Calcutta,
    India area, 55 B-29s bomb the Bangsue railroad yards at Bangkok, Thailand; 3
    others hit individual targets.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 727: 530 bombers and 770
    fighters are dispatched to make PFF attacks on marshalling yards in Germany
    and fighter-bomber strikes on 4 oil centers in N and C Germany; they claim
    102-4-12 aircraft; 15 fighters are lost:
      1. 148 of 190 B-17s hit the Bingen marshalling yard; 2 others hit targets
    of opportunity; 46 bombers are damaged; 2 airmen are WIA. Escorting are 91 of
    95 P-51s; 1 P-51 is lost (pilot MIA).
      2. 181 of 186 B-17s hit the Offenburg marshalling yard; 1 hits Freiburg; 14
    B-17s are damaged; 1 airman is WIA. Escorting are 105 of 107 P-51s; 2 P-51s
    are lost (pilot MIA) and 1 damaged beyond repair.
      3. 144 of 154 B-24s hit the Offenburg marshalling yard; 7 others hit
    targets of opportunity; 9 B-24s are damaged. Escorting are 45 of 48 P-51s
    without loss.
      4. 460 P-47s and P-51s fly fighter-bomber missions against oil targets in N
    and C Germany; about 750 Luftwaffe fighters, the largest sighting to date,
    attack in the Magdeburg-Munster-Hannover areas when the Germans mistake the
    fighters for a heavy bomber formation; the AAF claims 98-4-11 aircraft in the
    air and 4-0-1 on the ground; 2 P-47s and 10 P-51s are lost (pilots MIA).

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): Weather forbids bomber missions;
    fighters patrol over W Germany, dive-bomb a bridge at Rurdorf, and support
    the US 104th, 8th, and 1st Infantry Divisions near Hurtgen and in the
    Weisweiler-Franz area, and the XIX Corps (mainly the 2d Armored Division) at
    Merzenhausen.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): P-51s and P-38s fly
    reconnaissance and reconnaissance escort missions; bad weather cancels other
    operations.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, weather grounds all
    missions except 5 weather reconnaissance sorties.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 24 B-24s from Saipan Island, escorted by 12
    P-38s, hit Iwo Jima Island; 29 more B-24s, from Guam Island, fly a second
    strike against the island. 25 B-24s from Angaur Island bomb Del Monte
    Airfield on Mindanano Island.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 81 Mariana Islands-based B-29s fly against
    Tokyo; none of the B-29s bomb the primary targets, the Musashino and Nakajima
    plants, but 59 hit the secondary, the urban area and docks; 7 bomb Hamamatsu,
    a target of opportunity; while the mission is in progress 11 enemy airplanes
    attack Isley Field on Saipan Island, destroying or damaging several B-29s; AA
    and intercepting fighters down 10 aircraft.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Malogo and Bacolod Airfields on Negros Island and Daliao
    Airfield on Mindanao Island. B-25s blast Namlea Airfield on Buru Island;
    Liang and Laha Airfields on Ambon Island. A variety of FEAF aircraft attack
    airfields, shipping, and targets of opportunity on Celebes Island, N Borneo,
    and in the Halmahera and the Ceram Islands areas. The detachment of the 419th
    Night Fighter Squadron, XIII Fighter Command, operating from Noemfoor Island
    moves to Morotai Island with P-61s (squadron is based on Middleburg Island).

    TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 1 B-24 photographs and bombs the Matsuwa
    Island shore area in the Kurile Islands.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): In French Indochina, 17 B-24s,
    escorted by 12 P-51s, bomb Gia Lam and 6 B-25s hit a railroad bridge at Phu
    Lang Thuong. In Burma, 3 B-25s blast 6 warehouses at Hsenwi, 3 bomb Wan Lai-
    Kam, 1 hits Kutkai, and 4 attack buildings in the Wanling and Chefang, China
    areas. 60+ P-40s, P-51s, and P-38s on armed reconnaissance over wide areas of
    E Burma and S China hit troops, bridges, horses, and other targets of
    opportunity at many locations,

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 39 P-47s support ground
    forces in the Pinwe and Bhamo areas; supply and personnel concentrations and
    targets of opportunity at Nwegyo, Kutkai, the Meza area, Mankang, Manai,
    Nawnglok, Nawnglong, Loimawk, Man Myeng, Mong Wi and Kungmong are attacked by
    about 80 fighter-bombers; 16 hit targets of opportunity along the Maymyo-
    Bawgyo rail line. Transports fly 317 sorties to forward areas. HQ 4th Combat
    Cargo Group and the 13th Combat Cargo Squadron arrive at Sylhet, India from
    the US with C-46s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Mission 728: 6 B-17s and 6 B-24s
    drop leaflets on the Netherlands and Germany during the night. The 845th
    Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 489th Bombardment Group (Heavy), departs
    Halesworth, England for the US; the squadron will transition to B-29s in
    1945.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, the 9th Bombardment
    Division hits the defended villages of Birgel and Merken, a rail bridge at
    Sinzig, and a Billiger Forest ammunition dump; fighters fly escort, night
    intruder missions, and armed reconnaissance in the Kall-Trier area, and
    support the US 1st, 8th, and 104th Infantry Divisions as they take
    Langerwehe, Jungersdorf, Hurtgen, and the bridge at Inden.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

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

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s hit railroad
    bridges at Magenta, Torre Beretti, and Casale Monferrato, and an abandoned
    ship in La Spezia harbor; fighters and fighter-bombers support ground forces
    in the battle area in the Apennines S of Bologna, hit communications targets
    N of the battle zone, and cut railroad lines in 40+ places in the Brenner
    Pass and NC Po areas.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 21 Saipan Island-based B-24s bomb the airfield
    on Iwo Jima Island; 3 others, flying an armed reconnaissance mission, bomb
    Marcus Island. During the night of 28/29 Nov 1, a B-24 on a snooper mission
    hits Iwo Jima Island. 3 B-24s from Angaur Island bomb the radio station on
    Arakabesan Island.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: On Mindanao Island,
    B-24s bomb Daliao and Matina Airfields. Small attacks by B-24s, B-25s, and
    fighter-bombers are launched against airfields, shipping, and targets of
    opportunity over wide areas of the SWPA, including C Philippine Islands and
    the Halmahera and Timor Islands area. The 2d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy),
    22d Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Leyte Island to Angaur Island with
    B-24s; the 35th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, that has been operating
    from Morotai Island, joins the ground echelon at Dulag, Leyte Island with
    P-38s.

    COMBAT CHRONOLOGY OF THE US ARMY AIR FORCES
    WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 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
      P-38, Lockheed Lightning
      P-40, Curtiss
      P-47, Republic Thunderbolt
      P-51, North American Mustang

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

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 3 B-24s bomb Kashiwabara on Paramushiru
    Island. B-25s call off a shipping sweep due to weather.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 6 B-25s bomb Ninh Binh, French
    Indochina and 8 hit Lashio and 3 attack Hsenwi, Burma. 20 P-40s, P-38s,
    and P-51s hit targets of opportunity in the Chefang, China area. 23 P-38s and
    P-51s attack bridges, horses, shipping, and rail traffic around Hochih and
    Nanning, China; Quang Yen, French Indochina; and Hsenwi, Kawnghka, and
    Namhkai, Burma.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 50+ fighter-bombers fly
    close support strikes in the battle areas around Bhamo and Pinwe; bridges at
    Tonbo, Pauktaw, Man Loi, Meza, Bon Chaung, and at 2 unnamed points in N Burma
    are pounded by 60+ fighter-bombers; 8 others bomb supplies, personnel and
    ammunition stores at Tigyaing. 323 transport sorties are flown to forward
    areas. The 1st Combat Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat Cargo Group, moves from
    Sylhet to Tulihal, India with C-47s; the 490th Bombardment Squadron (Medium),
    341st Bombardment Group (Medium), moves from Moran, India to Warazup, Burma
    with B-25s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 729: 1,077 bombers and 946 fighters are dispatched to make PFF
    attacks on viaduct rail targets and oil refineries in Germany; 1 bomber is
    lost:
      1. 445 B-17s are sent to hit the oil refinery at Misburg (391); targets of
    opportunity are Osnabrcuk (36) and others (5); 6 B-17s are damaged. Escorting
    are 419 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      2. 307 B-24s are sent to hit the Schildesche rail viaduct at Bielefeld
    (152) and the Altenbeken rail viaduct (144); 2 others hit targets of
    opportunity; 1 B-24 is lost and 9 damaged; 10 airmen are MIA. Escorting are
    261 P-47s and P-51s without loss.
      3. 312 B-17s are sent to hit the Hamm marshalling yard (294); 4 others hit
    targets of opportunity; 1 B-17 is damaged beyond repair and 87 damaged; 3
    airmen are WIA. Escorting are 112 of 120 P-51s without loss.
      4. 12 of 13 B-17s fly a screen mission and hit a target of opportunity.
    Escorting are 26 of 32 P-47s without loss.
      5. 31 of 34 P-51s fly a scouting mission.
      Mission 730: 6 B-17s and 7 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands and
    Germany during the night.
      HQ 489th Bombardment Group (Heavy) and the 844th, 846th and 847th
    Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy) depart Halesworth, England for the US; this
    B-24 group will become a B-29s outfit that is destined for the Pacific.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Ninth Air Force): In Germany, 301 B-26s and A-20s hit
    defended areas, barracks, and military depots at Wittlich, Mariaweiler, Pier,
    Eisdorf, Limburg, Rastatt, and Landau; fighters escort the 9th Bombardment
    Division and Eighth AF, fly armed reconnaissance over W Germany, and support
    the 104th Infantry Division in a holding action against counterattacks at
    Inden and Lammersdorf, the 8th Infantry Division at Hurtgen, and the 7th
    Armored Division in the XIII Corps drive toward the Roer. HQ 10th
    Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) and teh 31st Photographic Reconnaissance
    Squadron with F-5s moves from Robinson Airfield, St-Dizier to Doncourt
    Airfield, Conflans and Jarny, France respectfully.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): Weather limits operations to
    photo and weather reconnaissance missions.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy during the night of 28/29
    Nov A-20s fly armed reconnaissance over the Po Valley, dropping incendiaries
    at several points including bridges at Piacenza and Castel Maggiore and the
    airfields at Ghedi and Villafranca di Verona; during the day weather grounds
    the medium bombers however, fighters and fighter-bombers can operate, and
    blast enemy communications on the Brenner line and in the NC Po Valley,
    cutting rail lines in numerous places and destroying a large number of
    vehicles and railroad cars.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 18 B-24s from Guam Island bomb Iwo Jima Island.
    4 P-47s from Saipan Island strafe Pagan Island.

      HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): 24 Mariana Islands-based B-29s strike the
    Tokyo dock and industrial area during the night of 29/30 Nov; 2 B-29s bomb
    the last resort targets of Yokohama and Numazu.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the Philippine
    Islands, B-24s bomb Matina Airfield on Mindanao Island while A-20s and P-47s
    hit the airfield at Pangsagan; B-24s, with fighter cover, pound Puerto
    Princesa Airfield on Palawan Island and Kendari Airfield on Celebes Island.
    B-24s, B-25s, and fighter-bombers fly several light raids against Halmahera
    Island airfields and against shipping and other targets of opportunity in the
    Philippine Islands, the Ceram Island area, N Celebes Island, and N Borneo.

    THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 1944

    AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS

      ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): A weather sortie is the only mission.

    CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER

      CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 12 B-25s and 8 P-51s damage 2
    railroad bridges and several buildings at Phu Lang Thuong and Phu Ly, French
    Indochina. 11 bomb 5 warehouses and several other buildings at Lashio and
    Wanling, Burma. 9 fighter-bombers hit shipping, rail targets, and troops at
    various points in Thailand. In China, 23 fighter-bombers attack targets of
    opportunity in the Chefang area; the 25th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter
    Group, based at Yunnani with P-40s and P-51s, sends a detachment to operate
    from Poashan.

      INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 9 B-25s knock out and
    damage bridges at Bawgyo, Namhkai, and Hsenwi; 16 P-47s support ground forces
    at Bhamo; the town of Pinwe is found to be free of enemy forces; about 70
    fighter-bombers attack troops and supply areas at several locations including
    Molo, Naungmo, Namun, Hkumpen, Myadaung, Kutkai, Kanbalu, Kyauk, and Natpe;
    13 others attack bridges at Meza and in the Bawdwin area; 8 strafe targets of
    opportunity along the Kyaukme-Panglong road. 321 transport sorties are flown
    to forward areas. In India, HQ 1st Combat Cargo Group and the 4th Combat
    Cargo Squadron move from Sylhet to Tulihal with C-47s; the detachment of the
    5th Fighter Squadron (Commando), 1st Air Commando Group, operating from Fenny
    with P-47s, returns to base at Asansol; the detachment of the 9th
    Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group,
    operating from Tingkawk Sakan, Burma with F-5s, returns to base at
    Barrackpore (other detachments are at Myitkyina, Burma and Chittagong); the
    317th Troop Carrier Squadron (Commando), 2d Air Commando Group, moves from
    Sylhet to Bikram with C-47s.

    EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): 2 missions are flown.
      Mission 731: 1,281 bombers and 972 fighters are dispatched to hit synthetic
    oil plants in SE Germany and rail targets; intense accurate flak downs 29
    bombers and 3 fighters are lost:
      1. 451 B-17s are sent to hit the Zeitz (132) and Bohlen (68) oil plants;
    116 hit the secondary, the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg; targets of
    opportunity are Gotha (22), Gera (17), Rudolstadt (17), Fulda (12), Saalfeld
    (12), Ohrdruf (10), Meerane (6) and other (9); 11 B-17s are lost, 4 damaged
    beyond repair and 287 damaged; 8 airmen are KIA, 16 WIA and 100 MIA.
    Escorting are 357 of 384 P-51s; they claim 4-0-0 aircraft in the air; 2 P-51s
    are lost (pilots MIA).
      2. 539 B-17s are sent to hit the Leuna oil plant at Merseburg (301) and the
    Lutzkendorf (169) oil plant; targets of opportunity are Zeitz oil plant (19),
    Weissenfels (9) and other (12); 17 B-17s are lost, 6 damaged beyond repair
    and 325 damaged; 17 airmen are KIA, 42 WIA and 295 MIA. Escorting are 452
    P-47s and P-51s; 2 P-51s are damaged beyond repair.
      3. 291 B-24s are sent to hit marshalling yards at Neunkirchen (180) and
    Homburg (104). Escorting are 56 of 60 P-47s; 1 P-47 is lost (pilot MIA).
      4. 30 of 33 P-51s fly a scouting mission.
      Mission 732: 7 B-17s and 6 B-24s drop leaflets in the Netherlands and
    Germany during the night.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS

        First Tactical Air Force (Provisional): The 415th Night Fighter Squadron,
    64th Fighter Wing, moves from Longvic to Ochey, France with Beaufighters.

        Ninth Air Force: In Germany, 288 B-26s and A-20s attack the defended
    villages of Vettweiss, Stockheim, Erp, and Pirmasens, an armored vehicle
    repair center at Gemund, a rail tunnel, a military camp at Malsbenden, and a
    marshalling yard at Zweibrucken; fighters escort the 9th Bombardment
    Division, give area support to Eighth AF heavy bombers at Leipzig, fly
    sweeps, dive bombing missions, and reconnaissance over W Germany, and support
    elements of the US VII Corps in the Hurtgen area (especially the 104th
    Infantry Division at Lammersdorf and Inden). The 12th Tactical Reconnaissance
    Squadron, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), moves from St Dizier to
    Giraumont, France with F-6s.

    MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTO)

      STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Fifteenth Air Force): In Austria during the night of
    29/30 Nov, 18 B-17s bomb a benzol plant at Linz; 3 others hit marshalling
    yards at Villach, Klagenfurt, and Gmunden. B-24s hit marshalling yards at
    Munich, Germany and Innsbruck, Austria. During the day P-38s and P-51s fly
    reconnaissance over Yugoslavia, Italy, and Germany.

      TACTICAL OPERATIONS (Twelfth Air Force): In Italy, B-25s bomb bridges at
    Romano di Lombardia and Crema; fighters and fighter-bombers attack
    communications in the Po Valley, cutting rail lines and destroying a large
    number of railroad cars and motor transport; targets also include bridges,
    guns, and buildings.

    PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA)

      AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 23 B-24s from Saipan Island bomb the airfield
    on Iwo Jima Island. 8 Guam Island-based B-24s, escorting photo aircraft over
    the Kazan and Bonin Islands, bomb Haha Jima Island. 37 from Angaur Island hit
    Legaspi Airfield on Luzon Island. During the night of 29/30 Nov, 2 B-24s from
    Guam and Saipan Islands, bomb the Iwo Jima airfield during snooper missions.

    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s in major
    strikes of the day hit Malimpoeng and Parepare Airfields on Celebes Island,
    Legaspi Airfield on Luzon Island, Matina Airfield on Mindanao Island, and 4
    airfields on Halmahera Island. B-25s strike Dumaguete Airfield on Negros
    Island. Fighter-bombers, B-24s, and B-25s fly armed reconnaissance, harassing
    strikes, and light raids over various areas of the Netherlands East Indies
    and Philippine Islands. The air echelons of the 36th and 80th Fighter
    Squadrons, 8th Fighter Group, operating from Morotai Island with P-38s,
    return to base at Dulag, Leyte Island; the 340th Fighter Squadron, 348th
    Fighter Group, moves from Noemfoor Island to Tacloban, Leyte Island with
    P-47s; the ground echelon of the 418th Night Fighter Squadron begins a
    movement from Dulag, Leyte Island to San Jose, Mindoro Island (air echelon is
    on Morotai Island with P-61s).

    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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