FRIDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): Thirteen B-24s fly fuel to Liuchow; C-47s fly
170+ sorties to various points in the CBI. The detachment of the 24th Combat
Mapping Squadron, 8th Photogrpahic Reconnaissance Group, moves from Liuchow to Chanyi with F-7s (the squadron is based at Guskhara).
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): Twenty-four B-24s pound Hankow; 12 B-25s and
7 P-51s hit the Hengyang road junction and ferry; 7 B-25s bomb Kianghwa while
6 P-51s damage a nearby bridge; 5 B-25s hit Yungming; 44 P-40s and P-51s blast
targets of opportunity along roads in the Changsha, Siangtaii, and Sintsiang
areas. 50+ other P-40s and P-51s hit various targets of opportunity around Chuanhsien,
Paoching, Lingling, Hankow, and Kiyang.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): 15 Saipan based B-24s strike shipping at Chichi
Jima. 24 P-47s strafe Pagan and bomb Anatahan. 3 B-24s on a snooper mission and armed reconnaissance flight
bomb Iwo Jima and Marcus. 15 B-25s, flying out of Makin bomb Nauru.
HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): Ground echelons of the 877th, 878th and 879th
Bombardment Squadrons (Very Heavy), 499th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy), arrive
at Isley Field (first mission is 24 Nov).
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s
pound Sidate and Mapanget. B-24s and B-25s bomb Amahai and Liang and Haroekoe Airfield. In New Guinea, A-20s pound Urarom Airfield while fighter-bombers hit Idorra, Windissi, Moemi, and Kaimana; HQ 5th Bombardment
Group moves from Wakde to Noemfoor; the 342d Fighter Squadron, 348th
Fighter Group moves from Wakde Airfield to Noemfoor with P-47s.
RAAF: Lost off Timor is B-25D A47-3 (MIA).
USN: USS Baltimore (C-3) is scuttled south of Oahu.
Task Force 38 (TF 38) Carrier planes Aircraft from TF 38 continue to wreak havoc on Japanese shipping in the Philippines: off Cebu, Navy carrier- based planes sink gunboat Onoshi Maru and auxiliary submarine chaser No.16 Yusen Maru, and auxiliary submarine chaser No.7 Shonan Maru off western tip of Luzon. Off San Fernando, Luzon, U.S. Navy carrier planes sink fishery protection gunboat No.1 Suzuya Maru, merchant cargo ship Eishin Maru and merchant tankers No.9 Hammei Maru, No.7 Takasago Maru and No.24 Nanshin Maru; they also damage auxiliary submarine chaser No.2 Suzuya Maru and army cargo ships Taishin Maru (which is run aground to prevent loss) and Ceram Maru.
USS Lapon (SS-260) damages merchant cargo ship Jungen Go, 15°22'N, 119°17'E.
USS Narwhal (SS-167) lands men and supplies on the southwest coast of Mindanao.
USS Pargo (SS-264) attacks, unsuccessfully, Japanese cargo vessel Manshu Maru, 08°13'N, 117°02'E; counterattack by destroyer Shiokaze is likewise unsuccessful.
