This page contains hundreds of names, dates, locations. To help find the one s you're interested in, use our Highlighting facility. Highlighting will ONLY find entries within this specific page. The Bs dispatched of the lead force abandon the mission over the French coast due to heavy clouds; 7 Bs are damaged. The Bs in the second force became widely dispersed and bomb targets of opportunity; hit Pforzheim; 38 hit Schaffhausen, Switzerland; 17 hit Strasbourg, France; and 9 hit Grafenhausen; Schaffhausen and Strasbourg were mistaken as German towns; they claim Luftwaffe aircraft; 12 Bs are lost, 3 damaged beyond repair and 42 damaged; casualties are 9 KIA, 12 WIA and MIA.
During the day Bs bomb Jaluit and Maloelap Atolls. In French Indochina, 4 Ps flying a Red River sweep from Vinh Yen to Dong Cuong sink 4 small boats, damage 3 more, and strafe persons at a loading point on the river; and 3 Bs lay mines in the Haiphong area. Maximum leaves for bomber crews are set at 1 week between the 25th and 30th missions and 2 weeks between the 40th and 50th missions.
Bad weather cancels all missions against targets in the Bismarck Archipelago. Bs bomb Koepang on Timor Island. Escort is provided by 27 Ps without loss. Bs from Eniwetok Atoll hit Ponape Island twice. Bs bomb Koepang, Timor Island.
The squadron is based at Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, Colorado and sends detachments to various parts of the world to photo map. Other Bs bomb barracks at Penfoei, Timor Island. In China, 6 Bs damage several small ships in Yulinkan Bay; 2 others strafe an airfield on Weichow Island; 8 Ps pound oil dumps at Wanling, leaving the target area in flames.
Details are: 1. Mission 5 of 5 Bs drop 2. Mission Three forces are dispatched on fighter-bomber missions; all include P Droopsnoot aircraft: 1. The bombers also drop 2. Of Bs dispatched, hit Rostock, 52 hit Politz, 35 hit the industrial area at Arnimswalde and 15 hit targets of opportunity; they claim Luftwaffe aircraft; 33 Bs are lost, 1 damaged beyond repair and damaged; casualties are 2 KIA, 9 WIA and MIA.
