Stars And Stripes

At 5 PM Eastern Time, the 43rd Bomb Group departed from Australia, escorted by two P-38s and two P-40Fs, heading towards Hollandia, New Guinea, to destroy a Japanese factory under construction intended to support its invasion of Australia. A quarter of the way into the Coral Sea, the bomber pilot lost consciousness (disconnected), but the […]

At 5PM Eastern Time, the 43rd Bombardment group launched from Reid River Australia after the report of a Japanese task force repairing in Port Moresby. The ships in repair included multiple destroyers and 1 Heavy Cruiser and 1 Battleship. The main target of the mission was the Battleship IJN Fuso. Only one fighter escort was

While the the pilots and aircrew were busy in the Pacific, the 11th Airborne Division has been dropped in Don Steppe, Soviet Union. Where they were involved in numerous engagements, suppressed down by large volume artillery they managed to keep pushing. Heavy casualties were taken throughout, clearing any pockets of Soviet defenses and counter offensive.

At 5PM Eastern Time, the 43rd Bombardment Group executed its mission of bombing the Japanese Airfield, the prior convoy interdiction by 8th Fighters proved successful as the Japanese were unable to recover from the bombing weeks prior. In a dogfight, one P-38 was shot down, while another was lost in an air-accident. Casualties and Losses:

At 4:15PM Eastern Time, the 8th Fighter Group performed raid against a Japanese supply convoy heading to New Guinea. This bombing was conducted to the planned bombing of the 43rd Bombardment Group to stricken the Japanese reinforcement to the island. Four P-40Fs equipped with two 500 lbs. bombs each were deployed to target the 6

At 5PM Eastern Standard Time, the 43rd Bomb Group launched a bombing mission targeting the defenses on a beachhead on an island in the pacific. Paratroopers of the 11th Airborne Division were dropped behind enemy line in a village that posses a radar station; a small group of Japanese garrison were present but they were

The 43rd Bombardment Group escorted by the 8th Fighter group were tasked to bomb the Japanese Airfield on New Guinea. As they were preparing to take off, a surprise Japanese attack on Reid River occurred, fighters and interceptors of the 8th Fighter Group were quickly scrambled, losing 2 P-40s and 1 P-38 in a mid-air

11th Airborne paratroopers were dropped in New Guinea and tasked with locating a village controlled by Japanese forces, it was quickly located and two B-17E of the 43rd Bombardment Group were scrambled with multiple fighters from the 8th Fighter Group as escort including the newly deployed P-38. One B-17 (Old 66/Lucy) left the formation and

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