MONDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 1944
ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Two B-25s fly a negative shipping sweep.
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 13 P-47s attack the towns of Haungton,
Myintha, and Mawlu. B-24s again haul fuel to China: 15 landing at Kunming, 3
at Liuchow, and 1 at Yungning and the Tenth AF flies 220+ other transport sorties
to various CBI terminals.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 12 B-25s blast the barracks area at
Mangshih; 12 bomb Kweiyang, and 6 hit the town area and railroad yards at Hengyang;
11 B-24s pound Nanking; about 120 P-51s and P-40s on armed reconnaissance over
the vast expanses of China S of the Yangtze River attack a large variety of targets of opportunity at numerous locations including troops,
buildings, and communications targets in the Paoching area and between Siangtan
and Fulinpu.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Saipan based B-24s strike Iwo Jima and Marcus.
During the night of 25/26 September Kwajalein based B-24s stage through Eniwetok on a strike at shipping at Truk; failing to locate the primary targets the B-24s bomb Tol, Eten, Param, and Moen while
others hit Wake during the night of 25/26 September.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s
hit Kendari Airfield and B-25s bomb Langoan Airfield. A-20s fire storage areas
and hit personnel areas on the W shore of Kaoe Bay. Namlea Airfield is again bombed by B-24s. P-38s pound Kairatoe Airfield and Boela Airfield. B-25s and A-20s hit Sagan and Urarom
Airfields while P-40s attack Kaimana. Lost is C-47A 42-93499 (MIA).
