FRIDAY, 14 APRIL 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Three B-24s fly armed photo reconnaissance mission
during early the morning over Matsuwa, Onnekotan, and Paramushiru. Photographs taken are negative due to cloud cover.
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, twenty P-40s attack
a camp at Manywet in the Mogaung Valley; 20 P-51s and 3 B-25s support ground forces in the Mawlu area.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): A single B-24 enroute from Kwajalein to Tarawa bombs Jaluit; B-25s from Eniwetok bomb Ponape while B-25s from Abemama strike Jaluit and Maloelap using Majuro as an arming station between strikes. 26th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 11th
Bombardment Group (Heavy), moves from Tarawa to Kwajalein with B-24s.
IJN:
Japanese bombers carry out
an ineffective raid against Eniwetok.
SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): Nineteen B-24s bomb Eten, Param, and Kuop and targets of opportunity
at Truk. On New Britain, 24 B-25s and 40+ fighter-bombers blast
a supply area at Ratawul; and 8 fighter-bombers hit Vunapope. 20+ fighter-bombers
strike various targets in northeast Bougainville.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): B-25s and P-39s
hit barges and luggers in Vanimo Harbor and off Bogia. 673d Bombardment Squadron, 417th Bombardment Group moves from Dobodura to Saidor with A-20s.
