SUNDAY, 27 AUGUST 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): 5 B-24s bomb and photograph Kashiwabara, Parmushiru
Island in 2 raids; and 4 B-25s on a shipping sweep E of the N Kuriles bomb and strafe picket boats damaging 1 and leaving another sinking.
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 23 P-47s support ground forces in
the Pinbaw area, hitting Kondangyi and troops and strongpoints near Pinbaw;
and the 90th Fighter Squadron, 80th Fighter Group, moves from Moran
to Tingkawk Sakan with P-47s. In India, the 2d Combat Cargo Squadron, 1st Combat
Cargo Group, arrives at Sylhet from the US with C-47s.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): Seven B-25s bomb Hengyang, Tien Ho Airfield, White
Cloud and Pailochi Airfield; Nine B-25s hit road and river traffic in the Yoyang, Hankow, Changsha, and Hengyang areas; 120+ P-40s and P-51s hit targets of opportunity
in the above areas plus Yangtien, Chachiang, Anjen, Leiyang, Sintsiang, Siangsiang,
and Siangtan, damaging or destroying numerous trucks, many rivercraft and hitting
several troop concentrations.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): A B-24 from Saipan bombs Iwo Jima while another, after a photo reconnaissance of Woleai Atoll bombs Yap.
P-47s bomb AA positions on Pagan and strafe buildings on Alamagan.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: Fighter-bombers
hit Miti and airfields at Babo Airfield, Ransiki Airfield, Sagan Airfield, and Manokwari Airfield. Fighter-bombers hit bivouacs near Boram, troops
between Abau and Boikin, and a fuel dump and barges at Kairiru
Island; and
the 75th Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 42d Bombardment Group (Medium), moves
from Stirling to Hollandia
with B-25s.
USN: USS Guitarro (SS-363) attacks a Japanese convoy bound for Coron Bay, sinking merchant tanker No.25 Nanshin Maru, damaging No.3 Nanshin Maru, and forcing tanker No.25 Nanshin Maru aground at roughly Lat 12°26'N, Long 119°55'E.
USS Stingray (SS-186) lands a and supplies at Pagudpud on northern Luzon.
PVs sink Japanese vessel Tensho Maru between Odomari and Onnekotan Island, Kurils.
High speed minesweeper Boggs (DMS-3) and submarine chaser PC-783 are damaged in collision, San Diego, California.
