SATURDAY, 30 DECEMBER 1944
CHINA THEATER (Fourteenth Air Force): 4 B-24s damage a bridge W of Kengtung,
China while 2 others NE of Thanh Moi, French Indochina, damage a bridge, railroad
tracks, and 40+ boxcars. 40+ P-51s and P-40s on armed reconnaissance attack
targets of opportunity at several points including areas around Mong Nawng,
Man Pong, and Mong Long, Burma; and Ka-chun, Shanhsien, Ichang, and Shayang,
China.
INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, 12 P-47s knock out and damage
bridges at Man Pwe, Ho-hko (2 bridges), and Inailong; 17 B-25s blast a troop
and supply area at Kyatpyin; 28 P-47s and P-38s hit troops, supplies,
and areas of enemy activity at Myethin, Manna, Nanponpon, Lawa, Sabenago, Hmattawmu,
and Hosi. Transports complete 338 sorties to forward areas. 4 B-25s continue
a single-plane offensive reconnaissance over communications
lines during the night of 30/31 Dec.
AAFPOA (Seventh Air Force): Fourteen B-24s from Saipan bomb Iwo Jima
which is hit again over an almost 7-hour period during the night of 30/31 Dec
by 9 B-24s singly operating from Guam.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA [SWPA, Far East Air Force (FEAF)]: In the principal
action of the day, fighter-bombers pound airfields in the C Philippine Islands,
N Borneo, and N and SW Celebes Island while B-25s hit a barge anchorage and
supplies at Haroekoe Island. Smaller strikes by B-25s, B-24s, and fighter-bombers
are flown against shipping, oil targets, airfields, and targets of opportunity
throughout the Philippine Islands and the Netherland East Indies. HQ 322d Troop
Carrier Wing is activated at Hollandia, New Guinea. Units moving from Leyte
to San
Jose: HQ 3d Bombardment Group and the
8th, 13th, 89th and 90th Bombardment Squadrons
from Dulag with
A-20s; HQ 49th Fighter Group, 7th Fighter Squadron and 9th Fighter Squadron from Tacloban with P-38s; and HQ 58th Fighter Group from San Roque.
