SATURDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 50+ P-47s hit various targets in the
Myothit and Bhamo areas, attack targets of opportunity at Khalayang, sweep the
Anisakan Airfield and Nawnghkio Airfield areas, bomb Nansiaung railroad bridge, and hit
targets of opportunity on or near the Burma Road between Mangshih and Lashio;
11 B-25s knock out a span of the main bridge and damage 2 bypass bridges at
Hsenwi. Eighteen B-24s haul fuel to Liuchow, Yungning, and Kunming.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 29 B-24s and 12 B-25s bomb Wuchou
and Tien Ho Airfield and White Cloud Airfeild; 6 B-25s hit targets of opportunity
S of Lungfukwan; nearly 100 P-40s and P-51s on armed reconnaissance over wide areas of China S of the Yangtze River again hit numerous
targets of opportunity, concentrating on river shipping.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Saipan based P-47s blast Pagan Airfield; later in the day a B-24 hits the same target. During the night of 30
Sep/1 Oct a Kwajalein based B-24 bombs Wake. HQ 494th Bombardment Group
and the 864th, 865th, 866th and 867th Bombardment Squadrons
move from Barking Sands to Angaur Airfield with B-24s (first mission
is 22 Nov).
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: B-24s strike oil
installations at Balikpapan. Lost is B-24J 44-40529 (MIA). Ambesia Airfield is pounded
by B-24s while B-25s hit Mapanget, Langoan, and Sidate, and P-38s hit shipping
in Wasile Bay. Other B-25s attack shipping in the Halmahera waters. P-38s hit Amahai, Kairatoe and Halong Seaplane Base and Haroekoe
Airfield. A-20s and fighter-bombers hit Babo, Urarom,
and Fak Fak; A-20s and B-25s bomb Faan; the 23d Bombardment Squadron (Heavy),
5th Bombardment Group (Heavy) moves from Wakde to Noemfoor with B-24s. Lost are F7A 44-40422 (MIA) and P-47D 42-23241 (MIA). Lost in a crash near Brisbane is B-25D 43-3488 (MIA).
USMC: Marines secure Ngesebus.
