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1944 in aviation

This is a list ofaviation-related events from 1944:

Years in aviation:1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
Centuries:19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years:1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947

Events

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January

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  • United States Coast Guard pilotLieutenant, junior grade,Stewart Graham makes the firsthelicopter flight from amerchant ship inconvoy in theNorth Atlantic Ocean. It is part of theUnited States Department of the Navy's development of the helicopter as anantisubmarine warfare weapon.[1]
  • TheDouglas Aircraft Company submits a proposal to theUnited States Army Air Forces for aMach 1-capable research aircraft.[2]
  • During the month, land-based American aircraft drop about 200 short tons (180 t) of bombs each onMili Atoll,Maloelap,Wotje andRoi-Namur. Mili is attacked almost every day; Maloelap and Wotje are bombed the most heavily.[3]
  • To lead the Germans to believe that the nextAlliedamphibious operation would be in the area rather than atAnzio, Allied fighters attack targets aroundCivitavecchia, Italy and Allied bombers attack targets in northern Italy right up to the Italian border with France.[4]
  • Soviet forces clearGerman forces fromLeningrad's Shosseynaya Airport (the futurePulkovo Airport). The airport has been closed since 1941; it will resume cargo and mail flights in1945 after itsrunways are repaired and scheduled passenger flights inFebruary 1948.
  • January 1 – The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) establish theUnited States Strategic Air Forces in Europe (USSAFE). USSAFE is to exercise operational control of the USAAF'sEighth andFifteenth Air Forces.[5]
  • January 1/2 – 421 BritishAvro Lancaster bombers attackBerlin. German night fighters intercept them, and 28 Lancasters (6.7 percent of the force) do not return.[6]
  • January 2/3 – 383 British bombers raid Berlin. German night fighters mostly intercept them over the target and 27 Lancasters, are lost.[6]
  • January 2 – Japaneseantiaircraft guns shoot down threeUnited States Army Air ForcesB-24 Liberators over Maloelap during a daylight raid, forcing B-24s to switch to night raids in which their bombing is much less accurate.[3]
  • January 2–13 –Allied aircraft systematically attackrail communications in central Italy in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent Germany from supplying and reinforcing its forces fighting in southern Italy.[4]
  • January 3
  • January 4
    • An operation by American aircraft based atTarawa Atoll laysmines in the channel atJaluit, forcing Japanese shipping to cease use of theatoll'slagoon and the withdrawal of most Japaneseseaplanes there.[3]
    • 539 bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force raidKiel andMünster, Germany, escorted by 155 fighters. Nineteen bombers and two fighters are lost. The bombers and fighters combined claim 12 German aircraft shot down, 13 probably shot down and 10 damaged.[5]
  • January 4/5 – 80 British bombers raid two GermanV-1 flying bomb launch sites in thePas de Calais and atBristillerie without loss.[6]
  • January 5
    • 235 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 111 fighters raid the shipyard and industrial areas in Kiel with the loss of 10 bombers and seven fighters. The bombers and fighters claim 63 German aircraft shot down, seven probables and 21 damaged. Another 78 bombers raidNeuss,Geilenkirchen,Düsseldorf, andWassenburg, Germany, losing two aircraft and claiming two German aircraft shot down, five probables and two damaged.[5]
    • 196 Eighth Air ForceB-17 Flying Fortress bombers escorted by 225P-47 Thunderbolt fighters attack two German airfields in France with the loss of 12 B-17s and five P-47s. The bombers and fighters combined claim 55 German aircraft shot down, 10 probables and 10 damaged.[5]
  • January 5/6 – 358 British bombers make the first large raid onStettin, Germany, since September 1941. Most of the German night fighters sent aloft fail to intercept them but 16 bombers (4.5 percent of the force) are lost.[6]
  • January 6 - The commander of the historic AmericanDoolittle Raid, then-Lt. GenJimmy Doolittle, takes command of the USEighth Air Force.[12]
  • January 7 – 502 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 571 fighters bomb theIG Farben plant atLudwigshafen, Germany, with the loss of 19 bombers and six fighters. The bombers and fighters combined claim 37 German aircraft shot down, six probables and 20 damaged.[5]
  • January 11
  • January 13 – The first aeronautical mission from the United States arrives inVenezuela. It begins an evaluation of the equipment, facilities, and personnel of the Venezuelan military aviation forces, which have received no spare parts for their aircraft since the outbreak of World War II.[13]
  • January 13–19 – Allied air forces attack targets in Italy to seal off the beachhead for the upcoming invasion atAnzio, focusing on airfields around Rome and central Italy.[14]
  • January 14 – 552 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 645 fighters strike 20V-1 flying bomb sites in thePas-de-Calais area of France, with the loss of three bombers and three fighters. The bombers and fighters combined claim 22 German aircraft shot down, one probable and one damaged.[5]
  • January 14/15
    • 458 British bombers carry out the first major raid onBraunschweig, Germany, of the war. German night fighters intercept them when they cross the German border on the inbound flight and continue to attack them until they cross the coast of theNetherlands on their way home; 38 bombers (7.6 percent of the force), all Lancasters, are lost. Most of the bombs land in small towns and open countryside, and Braunschweig itself suffers only 10 houses destroyed and 14 people killed.[6]
    • 82 British bombers strike German V-1 flying bomb sites atAilly,Bonneton, and Bristillerie, France, without loss.[6]
  • January 19 – Allied heavy and medium bombers strikeViterbo,Rieti, andPerugia, Italy. The Allied air forces claim that their air campaign has cut all communications between northern Italy and the Rome area, although this does not turn out to be true.[4]
  • January 20/21 – 769 British bombers raid Berlin. German night fighters intercept them early and 35 bombers (4.6 percent of the force) are lost. Berlin is cloud-covered and results of the raid are unknown.[6]
  • January 21 – 795 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 628 fighters strike 24V-weapon sites in thePas-de-Calais andCherbourg-en-Cotentin areas of France, with the loss of six bombers and one fighter. The bombers and fighters combined claim 11 German aircraft shot down, one probable and six damaged.[5]
  • January 21/22
    • 648 British bombers make the first major raid onMagdeburg, Germany, of the war. German night fighters intercept them over theNorth Sea and 57 bombers (8.8 percent of the force) are lost, with three-quarters of them probably falling victim to night fighters. The raid is unsuccessful because of the bombs are scattered.[6] GermanaceHauptmannManfred Meurer is killed when hisHeinkel He 219night fighter collides with a BritishLancaster bomber over Magdeburg late on 21 January; he has 65 kills at the time of his death.[15] Another 34 bombers make a diversionary raid on Berlin with the loss of a Lancaster.[6]
    • 111 British bombers attack German V-1 flying bomb launching sites in France without loss.[6]
  • January 22 – InOperation Shingle, Allied forces land atAnzio andNettuno, Italy. Allied air forces fly 1,200 sorties in support of the landings.[16]
  • January 23 – Off the Anzio beachhead, a raid by 55 German aircraft sinks the BritishdestroyerHMS Janus with atorpedo and damages the destroyerHMS Jervis with aFritz X radio-guided bomb.[17]
  • January 24
    • Over 1,000Soviet Air Forces aircraft support Soviet ground forces as theBattle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket begins aroundCherkasy andKorsun-Shevchenkivskyi in theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[18]
    • German raids of 15, 43 and 52 aircraft strike Allied ships off Anzio, damaging an American destroyer andminesweeper and sinking a Britishhospital ship.[19]
    • The Eighth Air Force attempts a raid by 857 bombers escorted by 678 fighters against industrial and transport targets in Germany, but all the bombers are grounded or recalled due to bad weather except for 58 which hit a power station nearEschweiler. Two bombers and nine fighters are lost. The bombers and fighters combined claim 20 German aircraft shot down, four probables and twelve damaged.[5]
    • The U.S. Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom and the Royal Air Force agree to place most availableP-51 Mustang fighters in the USAAF Eighth Air Force for long-range bomber escort duty; American P-51s in the United Kingdom had operated in theNinth Air Force. The Eighth Air Force's fighter squadrons eventually will predominantly be equipped with P-51s.[5]
  • January 25/26 – 76 British bombers attack German V-1 flying bomb launching sites in the Pas de Calais and nearCherbourg Naval Base, France, without loss.[6]
  • January 26
  • January 27 – The Japanese have 150 operational aircraft in theMarshall Islands.[20]
  • January 27/28 – 530 British bombers raid Berlin. German night fighters are sent as far as 75 mi (121 km) out over the North Sea to intercept them but many are spoofed by British diversionary tactics and losses are kept to 33 Lancasters (6.4 percent of the heavy bomber force). The bombing is scattered due to cloud cover.[6]
  • January 28 – 54 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 122 fighters strike theV-weapon site atBonnières, France, without loss.[5]
  • January 28/29
    • 677 British bombers attack Berlin. German night fighters intercept them over the target, and 46 bombers (6.8 percent of the force) are lost. Bombs strike western and southern Berlin but also scatter enough to strike 77 other locations.[6]
    • For the first time,Pathfinder aircraft supportRAF Bomber Command aircraft engaged inminelaying operations as four Pathfinder aircraft assist 63Short Stirlings droppingnaval mines atKiel, Germany.[6]
  • January 29
    • The 12 aircraft carriers ofTask Force 58—the Fast Carrier Forces,United States Pacific Fleet—begin operations to destroy Japanese airpower in the Marshall Islands prior to the American invasion of the islands; it is the first time that the American Fast Carrier Forces are used in this way. During the day, U.S. Navy carrier aircraft in one raid put the 100-aircraft-strong base atRoi permanently out of action; they also attackKwajalein Island and Maloelap and Wotje atolls. A Japanese fighter shot down overRoi-Namur at 08:00 hours is the last Japanese aircraft encountered in the air during theMarshall Islands campaign. Eight American aircraft are lost.[22]
    • Two squadrons of U.S. NavyPB2Y Coronados bombWake Island, the tenth American strike of the war against Wake and the first since October 1943.[23]
    • German raids of 30 and 47fighter-bombers attack Allied ships off Anzio with guided bombs, sinking the Britishlight cruiserHMS Spartan and aLiberty ship and badly damaging asalvage tug.[24]
    • 863 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 632 fighters raid industrial targets inFrankfurt-am-Main andLudwigshafen, Germany, with the loss of 29 bombers and 15 fighters. It is the first Eighth Air Force strike in which 700 or more aircraft bomb their targets. The bombers and fighters combined claim 122 German aircraft shot down, 33 probables and 62 damaged.[5]
  • January 30
    • Task Force 58 aircraft attack a Japaneseconvoy offKwajalein Atoll and bomb Kwajalein Island, Roi-Namur, Maloelap, and Wotje.[25] They also make the first airstrike againstEniwetok, destroying 15 JapaneseMitsubishi G4M (Allied reporting name "Betty") bombers on the ground. American carrier aircraft will continue to strike Eniwetok daily through February 7.[26]
    • 777 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 635 fighters raid aviation industry targets inBranschweig, Germany, although cloud cover over the target forces some to bombHanover instead; 20 bombers and 4 fighters are lost. The bombers and fighters combined claim 96 German aircraft shot down, 22 probables and 58 damaged.[5]
  • January 30/31 – 534 British bombers raid Berlin with the loss of 33 aircraft (6.2 percent of the force).[6] After the raid, Bomber Command begins a rest period of over two weeks for its regular bombersquadrons.[27]
  • January 31

February

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  • February 1
  • February 2
  • February 3
    • U.S. Navy Task Force 58 completes its support of ground operations onKwajalein Island andRoi-Namur.[23]
    • 864 Eighth Air Force bombers raid the port area ofWilhelmshaven, Germany, and targets inEmden, Germany, escorted by 632 fighters. Four bombers and nine fighters are lost. The bombers and fighters combined claim eight German aircraft shot down, one probably shot down, and three damaged.[5]
  • February 4
  • February 5 – 509 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 634 fighters attack various airfields in France. Two bombers and two fighters are lost. In aerial combat, the bombers and fighters combined claim 11 German aircraft shot down and nine damaged.[5]
  • February 6
    • American forces complete the conquest and occupation ofKwajalein Atoll.[31]
    • 642 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 638 fighters attack various airfields in France; weather forces over 400 bombers to abort their missions. Four bombers and four fighters are lost. The bombers and fighters combined claim 14 German aircraft shot down, five probably shot down, and three damaged in aerial combat and the fighters claim another two German aircraft destroyed and seven damaged on the ground.[5]
  • February 7 – American carrier aircraft of Task Force 58 conduct the last of nine consecutive days of strikes against Eniwetok.[26]
  • February 8
  • February 8–9 (overnight) –RAF Bomber Command'sNo. 617 Squadron pioneers low-level target marking in a raid by 12 Lancasters on theGnome et Rhône aircraft engine factory atLimoges, France. After making three low-level runs over the factory to warn French workers to flee, the squadron'scommanding officer,Wing CommanderLeonard Cheshire, drops incendiary bombs from an altitude of 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 meters) to mark the target and the other 11 bombers each drop one 12,000-pound (5,443-kg) bomb on the factory, 10 of which hit it. The RAFPathfinder force never adopts the low-level marking tachnique.[27]
  • February 10
    • 169 Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses escorted by 64 P-38, 357 P-47, and 45 P-51 fighters attack the industrial area ofBraunschweig, Germany, with the loss of 29 B-17s, five P-38s, and four P-47s. The bombers and fighters combined claim 98 German aircraft shot down, 31 probably shot down, and 101 damaged in aerial combat.[5]
    • ADouglas DC-3airliner operating asAmerican Airlines Flight 2 crashes into theMississippi River southwest ofMemphis,Tennessee, killing all 24 people on board.
  • February 11
    • Carrier aircraft of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 strike Eniwetok.[26]
    • Supporting Americanoperations in theMarshall Islands, carrier aircraft of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 since January 29 have flown 6,232 sorties and dropped 1,156.6 tons (1,049,261 kg) of bombs, losing 22 aircraft in combat and 27 to other causes.[32]
    • 223 Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses escorted by 82 P-38, 436 P-47, and 38 P-51 fighters attack the railroad marshalling yard at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, as well as alternate targets inLudwigshafen andSaarbrücken, with the loss of five B-17s, eight P-38s, four P-47s, and two P-51s. The bombers and fighters combined claim 32 German aircraft shot down, two probably shot down, and 30 damaged in aerial combat, and the fighters also claim two German aircraft destroyed, one probably destroyed, and two damaged on the ground.[5]
    • 201 Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberators escorted by 85 P-47 and 41 P-51 fighters attack the V-weapon site at Siracourt, France, and other targets, losing one B-24.[5]
  • February 12 – 99 Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberators escorted by 84 P-47 and 41 P-51 fighters attack the V-weapon site at Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise/Siracourt, France, without loss.[5]
  • February 13
    • Carrier aircraft of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 strike Eniwetok.[26]
    • 469 Eighth Air Force bombers – 277 B-17s and 192 B-24s – escorted by 189 P-47 and 41 P-51 fighters hit V-weapon sites in thePas de Calais region of France, losing four B-17s and one P-51. The bombers and fighters combined claim six German aircraft shot down, two probably shot down, and four damaged in aerial combat, and the fighters also claim four German aircraft damaged on the ground.[5]
  • February 15 – Very heavy Allied air raids demolish theBenedictinemonastery atMonte Cassino in Italy, but fail to dislodge its German defenders.[33] Off Anzio, a German guided bomb destroys aLiberty ship unloading ammunition and atank landing craft alongside her.[34]
  • February 15–16 (overnight) – A rest of over two weeks for RAF Bomber Command's regular bombersquadrons comes to an end with a raid by 891 bombers on Berlin, the largest force ever sent to Berlin and the largest to date except for the three "thousand-bomber" raids of 1942, as well as the first to use over 500 Lancasters or over 300Halifaxes. It is the last raid of Bomber Command's "Battle of Berlin" and, despite cloud cover, succeeds in hitting some of the city's most important war industries. Forty-three bombers (6.7 percent of the force) do not return.[27]
  • February 17
  • February 18
  • February 19–20 – In support of a U.S. Army offensive at the Anzio beachhead, Allied tactical aircraft drop 972 tons (881, 793 kg) of bombs, and Allied strategic bombers attackGrottaferrata,Albano Laziale,Genzano di Roma, andVelletri, Italy.[38]
  • February 19–20 (overnight) – 823 British bombers attackLeipzig, Germany. Night fighters intercept them over the coast of theNetherlands and attack them all the way to the target, where four bombers are lost in collisions and 20 more are shot down by antiaircraft guns. Leipzig is cloud-covered and most of the bombs are scattered. Seventy-eight bombers (9.5 percent of the force) fail to return – Bomber Command's highest losses on a single raid thus far in World War II – and the high loss rate among Halifaxes (34 aircraft, or 13.3 percent of the Halifaxes dispatched and 14.9 of those which do not turn back early) prompts Bomber Command to withdraw Halifax IIs and Halifax Vs permanently from further operations over Germany.[27]
  • February 20 – The U.S. Army Air Force's Eighth Air Force begins Operation Argument, a six-day campaign to defeat theLuftwaffe by staging major attacks on the German aircraft industry while luringLuftwaffe aircraft into aerial combat; the operation later becomes known informally as "Big Week." On the first day, 1,003 Eighth Air Force bombers escorted by 835 fighters strike targets in Germany, includingLeipzig-Mockau Airfield,Tutow Airfield,Abnaundorf,Bernburg,Braunschweig,Gotha,Heiterblick,Neupetritor,Oschersleben,Rostock, andWilhelmstor. The force suffers the loss of 21 bombers and four fighters, and claims 126 German aircraft shot down, 40 probably shot down, and 66 damaged in aerial combat.[5]
  • February 20–21 (overnight) – 598 British bombers strikeStuttgart, Germany, suffering the loss of only nine aircraft (1.5 percent of the force) thanks to the diversion of German night fighters, although five more bombers crash upon returning to England.[27]
  • February 21 – The British aircraft carrierHMS Chaser joins the escort of theArctic convoyJW 57 bound fromLoch Ewe, Scotland, to theKola Inlet in theSoviet Union. It is the first time an aircraft carrier has escorted an Arcticconvoy since February 1943. By the timeChaser returns to Scapa Flow on March 9 after escorting the returningConvoy RA 57, her aircraft have sunk or assisted in the sinking of three German submarines, with only onemerchant ship lost.[39]
  • February 22
    • The U.S. Army Air Forces create theUnited States Strategic Air Forces, which takes control of the U.S. strategic bombing effort in Europe's strategic planning staff and intelligence, targeting and planning, and co-ordination functions. Simultaneously, theEighth Air Force is reorganized to take over the function ofVIII Bomber Command as the organization with direct operational control of combat forces, and VIII Bomber Command is inactivated.[40]
    • Japanese resistance on Eniwetok ends.[41]
  • February 22–23 (overnight) – Japanese aircraft conduct four raids against ships of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 as they approachTruk Atoll, inflicting no damage.[42]
  • February 23 – Aircraft from six aircraft carriers of Task Force 58 make the first Allied strike against Japanese forces in theMariana Islands, attackingGuam,Rota, andTinian, discovering the location of Japanese airfields in the islands for the first time, destroying 168 Japanese aircraft, sinking twocargo ships and several smaller craft, and conducting the first Alliedphotographic reconnaissance missions ever flown over the Marianas.[43]
  • February 23–24 (overnight) – During a raid onDüsseldorf, Germany, an RAF Bomber Commandde Havilland Mosquito ofNo. 692 Squadron becomes the first Mosquito to drop a 4,000-pound (1,219-kg) bomb. Mosquitos will carry 4,000-pounders regularly for the remainder of World War II, using them against targets as distant as Berlin.[27]
  • February 24 – At theWiener Neustadt military airfield, Luftwaffe top-level officersErhard Milch,Kommando der ErprobungsstellenOberstEdgar Petersen andOberstleutnantSiegfried Knemeyer (Goering's top aviation technologist) take turns flying Heinkel's He 177 V102 four-engined strategic bomber prototype – one of the fourHe 177B "separately" four-engined prototypes ordered – with Knemeyer remarking that: "... he could not believe a four-engined heavy bomber could possess the "excellent handling qualities" that the V102 displayed."[44]
  • February 24 – 266B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Force'sEighth Air Force make a daylight attack on theball bearing factory atSchweinfurt, Germany.[27]
  • February 24–25 (overnight) – 734 British bombers make the first RAF Bomber Command raid on Schweinfurt. For the first time, they attack in two waves, of 392 and 342 aircraft, inducing German night fighters to rise to meet the first wave (which loses 22 bombers, 5.6 percent of the force) but be unprepared to meet the second wave, which loses only 11 bombers (3.2 percent). the total British losses are 33 bombers (4.5 percent).[27]
  • February 25 – Germanrocket-boostedHenschel Hs 293 air-sea anti-ship guided bombs[45] sink the British destroyerHMSInglefield off Anzio with heavy loss of life.[46]
  • February 25–26 (overnight) – 594 British bombers make the first large raid onAugsburg, Germany. In clear weather and facing minimal German defences, the raid is extrenmely successful, destroying much of the city's center and starting 246 large or medium and 820 small fires. Germany condemns the raid as an extreme example of "terror bombing."[27]
  • February 29 – During February, aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Forces'Seventh Air Force have flown about 1,000 sorties against Japanese forces onJaluit,Maloelap,Wotje, andNauru. No Japanese aircraft have intercepted them, but Japaneseantiaircraft guns have shot down seven bombers and two fighters.[47]
  • February 29 – As a part of a "disinformation" program, a special four-page propaganda leaflet published on this date entitledSternenbanner is soon used to dupeLuftwaffe commanders into thinking that"a larger, 47 meter wingspan American bomber aircraft" will soon be used to attack Nazi Germany.[48]

March

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  • March 1–2 (overnight) – 557 British bombers attackStuttgart, Germany. Thanks to heavy cloud cover that interferes with interceptions by German night fighters, only four bombers (0.7 percent) fail to return.[49]
  • March 2 – The Allied air forces make their largest attacks of theAnzio campaign, with 241B-24 Liberators and 100B-17 Flying Fortresses escorted by 113P-38 Lightnings and 63P-47 Thunderbolts dropping thousands offragmentation bombs aroundCastello di Cisterna,Velletri, andCarroceto, Italy. Almost the same number of Allied medium and light bombers andfighter-bombers strike Germantanks,artillery positions, and assembly areas around the Anzio beachhead, especially along the Castello di Cisterna-Campoleone highway.[46]
  • March 2–3 (overnight)
  • March 3 – England-basedP-38 Lightning fighters of the U.S. Army Air Forces'55th Fighter Group become the firstAllied fighters to escort bombers all the way to Berlin.[50]
  • March 5 – While leading his flight ofP-47 Thunderbolts in an attack against fourImperial Japanese Army Air Force (IJAAF)Kawasaki Ki-48 (Allied reporting name "Lily") bombers overNew Guinea,United States Army Air ForcesLieutenant ColonelNeel E. Kearby, a recipient of theMedal of Honor for shooting down six Japanese aircraft during an earlier mission and thecommanding officer of theFifth Air Force′s348th Fighter Group, comes under attack by an IJAAFNakajima Ki-43Hayabusa ("peregrine falcon"; Allied reporting name "Oscar") fighter after other pilots of his flight shoot down two Ki-48s. The Ki-43 scores hits on Kearby'scockpit. He flies 140 miles (225 km) before his P-47,Fiery Ginger IV, crashes. He bails out and dies of his wounds. He is credited with 21 kills. His remains will be found near Pibu, New Guinea, in 1946, but will remain unidentified for two years.[51]
  • March 6–7 (overnight) – RAF Bomber Command begins a series of raids against railways in France andBelgium in preparation for the upcominginvasion of Normandy with an attack by 267 bombers.[49]
  • March 7–8 (overnight) – 304 British bombers attack railway yards atLe Mans, France. Despite cloud cover, 300 bombs hit the yards, destroying 250railroad cars, hitting sixlocomotives, and cutting tracks and damaging aturntable.[49]
  • March 9–10 (overnight) – 44 British Lancasters accurately strike an aircraft factory atMarignane, France.[49]
  • March 10 – TheIcelandic airlineLoftleidir is formed.
  • March 10–11 (overnight) – 102 British Lancasters bomb four factories in France, losing one aircraft.[49]
  • March 13–14 (overnight) – 222 British bombers attack the railway yards at Le Mans, with the loss of one Halifax. The raid badly damages a railroad station and two nearby factories and destroys 15 locomotives and 800 railroad cars.[49]
  • March 15–16 (overnight)
  • March 16–17 (overnight)
  • March 18 – U.S. Navy aircraft from the aircraft carrierUSS Lexington (CV-16) strikeMili Atoll.[53]
  • March 18–19 (overnight)
    • 846 British bombers attackFrankfurt-am-Main, Germany, heavily damaging the central, eastern, and western parts of the city. Twenty-two bombers (2.6 percent) are lost.[49]
    • 19 Lancasters (13 from No. 617 Squadron) make a successful precision raid on the explosives factory atBergerac, France.[49]
  • March 20–21 (overnight) – Twenty Lancasters (14 from No. 617 Squadron) make a successful precision raid on the explosives factory atAngoulême, France.[49]
  • March 22–23 (overnight) – 816 British bombers raid Frankfurt-am-Main. Few German night fighters intercept them, although 33 bombers (4 percent of the force) are lost. The raid is even more successful than that of March 18–19, badly damages much of the city, leaving half of the city without water, electricity, or natural gas, and inflicting much destruction on industrial areas.[49]
  • March 23–24 (overnight) – 143 British bombers attack the railway yards atLaon, France, placing about half their bombs on the target and cutting rail lines but scattering the rest, hitting 83 houses and killing seven and injuring nine French civilians.[49]
  • March 24
    • A U.S. Army Air ForcesB-17G Flying Fortress of the422nd Bomb Squadron,305th Bombardment Group (Heavy),crashes atYielden, England, on takeoff fromRAF Chelveston, killing all 10 men aboard the bomber and 11 people on the ground.
    • Unable to reach their primary target,Schweinfurt, 162 B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army Air Forces'Eighth Air Force instead bomb Frankfurt-am-Main. The Frankfurt-am-Main diary states, "The three air raids of 18th, 22nd, and 24th March were carried out by a combined plan of the British and American air forces and their combined effect was to deal the worst and most fateful blow of the war to Frankfurt, a blow which simply ended the existence of the Frankfurt which had been built up since the Middle Ages."[49]
  • March 24–25 (overnight) – 811 bombers carry out the last major British raid on Berlin of World War II. Strong winds carry them off course and most of their bombs are scattered. Many unintentionally fly over the air defenses of theRuhr on their way home and are shot down there. Seventy-two are lost (8.9 percent of the force), about 50 falling to antiaircraft guns and remainder to night fighters.[49]
  • March 25 – A British twin-engined aircraft lands on an aircraft carrier for the first time whenLieutenant CommanderE. M. Brown lands a navalizedde Havilland Mosquito VI on the British carrierHMS Indefatigable.[54][55]
  • March 25–26 (overnight)
    • 192 British bombers attack the railway yards atAulnoye, France, without loss.[49]
    • 22 British Lancaster strike an aircraft engine factory atLyon, France, without loss.[49]
  • March 26 – During a U.S. air strike onPonape, the Japanese get fighters aloft for the first time in theCentral Pacific Area in six weeks, but almost all of them are shot down.[52]
  • March 26–27 (overnight)
    • 705 British bombers attackEssen, Germany, and make a successful attack through clouds. Surprised by the sudden Bomber Command shift to a target in theRuhr, the German night fighter response is minimal, and only nine British bombers (1.3 percent) are lost.[49]
    • 109 British bombers attack railway yards atCourtrai, Belgium, without loss.[49]
  • March 27
  • March 28 – Japanesetorpedo bombers attack U.S. NavyTask Force 58 as it approaches thePalau Islands, doing no damage.[58]
  • March 29–30 –Bougainville-basedAir Solomons (AirSols) aircraft make daylight raids against Japanese bases at Truk Atoll.[52]
  • March 29–30 (overnight) – 84 British bombers make an accurate attack on the railway yards atVaires, France, causing two ammunition trains to explode. One bomber fails to return.[49]
  • March 29–30 (overnight) through April 1–2 (overnight) – U.S. Kwajalein-based bombers make night attacks on Truk Atoll on four consecutive evenings.[52]
  • March 30–31
  • March 30–31 (overnight) – 795 British bombers attackNuremberg, Germany, in bright moonlight, counting for protection on predicted high cloud cover which does not materialize. German night fighters intercept them over Belgium before they cross the German border and continue to attack them for the next hour, shooting down 82 bombers as they fly to Nuremberg and over the target. Another 13 bombers are lost on the return flight, and the total of 95 bombers lost (11.9 percent of the force) is the highest Bomber Command loss on a single raid during World War II. The raid inflicts little damage on Nuremberg due to cloud cover, wind, and poor target marking which cause most of the bombs to land in open countryside, and 120 aircraft mistakenly bomb Schweinfurt, where they scatter their bombs widely, also hitting mostly open countryside and killing two people.Pilot OfficerCyril Joe Barton, the pilot of a Halifax, pushes through to Nuremberg despite heavy damage to his bomber by a night fighter attack, then brings the aircraft home and dies in crash landing with only minor injuries to his crew. He posthumously receives theVictoria Cross.[49]
  • March 31

April

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  • TheUnited States Coast Guard begins to experiment with dippingsonar as it leads theUnited States Department of the Navy's effort to develop thehelicopter as anantisubmarine warfare platform.[1]
  • Although the GermanLuftwaffe continues to use radio-guided bombs against Allied ships operating off theAnzio beachhead, they become less effective as the defense against them put up by Allieddestroyers improves.[61]
  • April 1 – U.S. NavyTask Force 58 carrier aircraft strikeWoleai. During the March 30-April 1 raids on thePalau Islands,Yap, and Woleai, Task Force 58 aircraft have sunk or badly damaged 36 Japanese ships totaling 130,000 tons, trapped 32 more in harbors with naval mining, and destroyed many Japanese aircraft in exchange for the loss of 25 U.S. planes.[62]
  • April 2 – The firstUnited States Army Air ForcesB-29 Superfortress arrives atCalcutta, India, after an 11,530-mile (18,567-km) trip fromKansas, which includes stops atPresque Isle,Maine;Gander,Newfoundland;Marrakech,Morocco;Cairo,Egypt; andKarachi, and a 2,700-mile (4,348-km) non-stoptransatlantic flight between Gander and Marrakech.[63]
  • April 3
  • April 4 – The U.S. Army Air Forces activate theTwentieth Air Force, which will conduct astrategic bombing campaign against Japan.
  • April 5 – Fifth Air Force aircraft again attack Japanese airfields around Hollandia.[64]
  • April 5–6 (overnight) – 145 British bombers attack an aircraft factory atToulouse, France. One bomber, a Lancaster, is lost when it explodes over the target.[67]
  • April 9–10 (overnight)
    • 239 British bombers attack railway yards atLille, France, losing one aircraft, a Lancaster.[67]
    • 225 British bombers attack railroad facilities atVilleneuve St. George, France, without loss to themselves.[67]
  • April 10–11 (overnight) – 789 British bombers strike railway targets atTours,Tergnier,Laon, andAulnoye, France, andGhent,Belgium. The Laon raid fails, but the other targets are heavily damaged. Nineteen of the bombers do not return.[67]
  • April 11–12 (overnight) – 352 British bombers raidAachen, Germany, losing nine aircraft (2.6 percent of the force). The most destructive attack on Aachen of World War II, the raid causes widespread damage and starts fires in central and southern Aachen and in the suburb ofBurtscheid.[67]
  • April 12
  • April 16 – Fifth Air Force aircraft stage their final attack against Japanese airfields around Hollandia. They have essentially destroyed the Japanese force of 351 aircraft that had been on the airfields at the end of March.[60]
  • April 17 –Howard Hughes andJack Frye set a new U.S. transcontinental speed record, piloting a newLockheed L-049 Constellation fromBurbank,California, toWashington, D.C., in 6 hours 57 minutes.[68]
  • April 18 –Air Solomons (AirSols) begins a very successful series ofphotographic reconnaissance flights over theMariana Islands. The missions continue into June.[69]
  • April 18–19 (overnight) – 847 British bombers attack railway yards atRouen,Juvisy,Noisy-Le-Sec, andTergnier, France, losing 11 aircraft. Much destruction occurs at Rouen and the attack at Juvisy also is successful. The railway yards at Noisy-Le-Sec are so badly damaged that they will not be fully repaired until 1951, and bombs also destroy 750 and damage 2,000 houses, killing 464 French civilians and injuring 370; at Tergnier 50 rail lines are blocked, but most of the bombs fall on houses.[67]
  • April 19 – The BritishEastern Fleet makes the first British air strike against Japanese-held territory asBarracudas andCorsairs from the British aircraft carrierHMS Illustrious andSBD Dauntlesses andF6F Hellcats from the U.S. carrierUSS Saratoga (CV-3) raidSabang,Sumatra, damaging harbor facilities and destroying aradar station and Japanese aircraft on nearby airfields. One Hellcat is lost.[70]
  • April 20 – The GermanRLM cancels all further engineering development ofHeinkel's never-completed8-277[71] designation competitor for theAmerikabomber trans-Atlantic strategic bomber design competition; with any completed airframe parts for the design ordered scrapped,[72] despite the earlier late-Spring 1943 request by the RLM for a trio of prototypes and ten service test aircraft from Heinkel for the competition.[73]
  • April 20–21 (overnight)
    • 379 British bombers attackCologne, Germany, with the loss of four aircraft, all Lancasters. The raid damages 192 industrial buildings, 725 commercial buildings with attached dwellings, and seven railway stations and yards.[67]
    • 654 British bombers raid railway yards atOttignies,Belgium, andChambly, La Chapelle, andLens, France, mostly with success. Eight bombers are lost.[67]
  • April 21 – GermanGeneraloberstHans-Valentin Hube dies in the crash of aHeinkel He 111 atAinring, Germany.
  • April 21–24 – Task Force 58 aircraft strikeWakde Airfield,Sawar Airfield andSarmi, to neutralize the danger of air attack on theBattle of Hollandia, plus direct attacks on enemy forces aroundHollandia, losing 21 aircraft. Since late March, U.S. air attacks against Hollandia have destroyed 340 Japanese aircraft on the ground in the area and shot down an estimated 50 more, with the Fifth Air Force strikes of late March and April certainly accounting for almost all of the Japanese losses.[74]
  • April 22–23 – Aircraft from eight U.S. Navyescort aircraft carriers support U.S.amphibious landings at Hollandia.[75]
  • April 22–23 (overnight)
    • 596 British bombers attackDüsseldorf, Germany, dropping 2,150long tons (2,408short tons; 2,185metric tons) of bombs and inflicting much damage on the northern part of the city. German night fighters intercept them, and 29 bombers (4.9 percent of the force) are lost.[67]
    • 265 British bombers attackBraunschweig, Germany. For the first time, low-level target marking is used against a major German city, but the raid is unsiccessful because low clouds block the target markers from view and only some bombers hit the city center. Few German night fighters intercept the raid and only four bombers (1.5 percent of the force) are lost.[67]
    • 181 British bombers attack railway yards atLaon, France, inflicting severe damage. Nine bombers (5 percent of the force) are lost.[67]
  • April 23 –Air Transport Squadron 3 (VR-3) initiates the U.S. NavyNaval Air Transport Service's first scheduled hospital flight across thecontinental United States, betweenWashington, D.C., andMarch Field,California.[76]
  • April 24 – The firstB-29 Superfortress arrives in China, beginning the build-up by the U.S. Army Air Forces' Twentieth Air Force for astrategic bombing offensive against Japan.[77]
  • April 24–25 (overnight)
    • 637 British bombers attackKarlsruhe, Germany, with the loss of 19 aircraft (3 percent of the force). Cloud cover over the target and winds pushing many aircraft north cause many bombs to fall outside of the city, and only its northern portions are damaged. One hundred of the bombers mistakenly bombMannheim 30 miles (48 km) to the north, and misdirected bombs also land inDarmstadt,Ludwigshafen, andHeidelberg.[67]
    • 260 British bombers strikeMunich, Germany, hitting the city center and doing much damage. Nine bombers are lost.[67]
  • April 26–27 (overnight)
    • 493 British bombers make an accurate attack onEssen, Germany, losing seven of their number (1.4 percent of the force).[67]
    • 226 British bombers raidSchweinfurt, Germany. Wind causes many of their bombs to fall outside the city, and German night fighters attack the bombers heavily; 21 bombers (9.3 percent of the force) are lost. Held in place by other crew members by his parachute shroudsSergeantNorman Jackson climbs out of a hatch with afire extinguisher to try to put out a fire in a wing fuel tank of his Lancaster, but is blown off the wing and parachutes safely, as does the rest of the crew; he is awarded theVictoria Cross.[67]
    • 227 British bombers attack the railway yards atVilleneuve St. Georges, France, losing one aircraft.[67]
  • April 27 – The only Japanese air reaction to the U.S. Hollandia landings—a night raid by three planes—torpedoes and damages acargo ship.[78]
  • April 27–28 (overnight)
    • 323 British bombers strikeFriederichshafen, Germany, in bright moonlight to improve their chances of hitting factories in the city, and various diversions prevent German night fighters from intercepting them until they arrive over the target. They drop 1,234long tons (1,382short tons; 1,254metric tons) of bombs and destroy 99 acres (40 hectares) of the city (two-thirds of its area), badly damaging several factories. After the World War II, the Germans say it was the most damaging raid on theirtank production of the war. Eighteen bombers (5.6 percent of the force) do not return.[67]
    • 223 British bombers attack the railway yards atAulnoye, France, inflicting much damage. One bomber is lost.[67]
    • 144 British bombers attack the railway yards atMontzen, Belgium, only damaging a portion of the yards. German night fighters intercept them, and 15 bombers are lost.[67]
  • April 28–29 – U.S. Army Air Forces Fifth Air Force bombers conduct large strikes against Japanese forces atBiak,Wakde Airfield,Sawar Airfield andSarmi,Western New Guinea.[79]
  • April 28-May 6 –Arctic ConvoyRA 59 steams from theKola Inlet in theSoviet Union toLoch Ewe, Scotland. Aircraft from the escorting British aircraft carriersHMSActivity andHMS Fencer sink three German submarines, attack eight more, and shoot down a GermanBV 138Cflying boat during the voyage.[57]
  • April 28–29 (overnight)
    • 92 British bombers raid an explosives factory atSt. Médard En Jalles, France, without loss, but are unsuccessful due to smoke and haze over the target.[67]
    • 55 British bombers make an accurate attack anairframe factory atOslo,Norway, without loss to themselves.[67]
  • April 29–30 – Task Force 58 aircraft attackTruk Atoll, shooting down 59 Japanese aircraft, destroying 34 on the ground, sinking over 20 small ships and craft in the harbor, and contributing to the sinking of a submarine, in exchange for the loss of 35 aircraft, 26 of them in combat. With only 12 serviceable aircraft left, Truk never again poses a threat toAllied forces.[74]
  • April 29–30 – 132 British bombers make accurate attacks on the explosives factory at St. Médard En Jalles, France, and theMichelintire factory atClermont-Ferrand, France, without loss to themselves.[67]
  • April 30 – Flying anOS2U-3 Kingfisher from the battleshipUSS North Carolina (BB-55), U.S. NavyLieutenant John A. Burns rescues 10 downed airmen inTruk Lagoon in one day by loading them onto the wings of hisfloatplane and taxiing to the submarineUSS Tang (SS-306), which takes them aboard.[80]
  • April 30-May 1 (overnight) – 399 British bombers strike railway yards atSomain and Achères, France, and aLuftwaffe ammunition dump atMaintenon, France, with the loss of only one aircraft. The Somain raid misses the target, but the other two strikes are successful.[67]

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  • Flying in thePacific and toAfrica,Europe,South America, and parts ofAsia, the U.S. Navy'sNaval Air Transportation Service operates more than 200 planes and transports 22,500 passengers and 8.3 million pounds (3,764,855 kg) of cargo per month.[90]
  • June 1 – Two U.S. NavyK-classblimps ofAirship Patrol Squadron 14 (ZP-14),K-123 andK-130, arrive atCraw Field inPort Lyautey,French Morocco, to complete the firsttransatlantic flight bynon-rigid airships. DepartingSouth Weymouth,Massachusetts, on 28 May 1944, they have made the crossing viaNaval Station Argentia in theDominion of Newfoundland andLagens Field in theAzores.[91]
  • June 1–2 (overnight) – 167 British bombers raid German targets in France, striking the radio-listening station atFerme d'Urville and the railway junction atSaumur without loss. The Ferme d'Urville attack is unsuccessful, but the Saumur raid inflicts severe damage.[82]
  • June 2 – 54 Japanese planes attack U.S. landing forces offBiak, losing 12 of their number and inflicting almost no damage.[92]
  • June 2–3 (overnight)
    • 235 British bombers attack the railway yards atTrappes, France, and the German radar-jamming station atBerneval-le-Grand, France. The Trappes raid is only partly successful and loses 16 bombers (12.5 percent of the force sent there, while the Berneval-le-Grand strike is very accurate and returns without loss.[82]
    • To divert German attention from the coast ofNormandy, where the upcominginvasion will take place, 271 British bombers attack four Germancoastal artillery sites in thePas-de-Calais, with one of the raids hitting its target accurately. One bomber does not return.[82]
  • June 3
  • June 3–4 (overnight)
    • 100 British bombers destroy the German radio-listening station at Ferme d'Urville, France, with the loss of no aircraft.[82]
    • 135 British bombers make accurate diversionary attacks on German coastal artillery sites in the Pas-de-Calais and atWimereux without loss to themselves.[82]
  • June 4 – 34 Japanese aircraft attack anAllied task force ofcruisers anddestroyers as it approaches Biak, but inflict only slight damage. Four more make a torpedo strike overnight, but miss.[95]
  • June 4–5 (overnight) – 259 British bombers raid three German coastal gun positions in thePas-de-Calais as a diversion and one atMaisy in Normandy in direct support of the imminent invasion. The Maisy raid and two of those in the Pas-de-Calais are hampered by cloud cover, but the attack on the gun position atCalais is accurate. All bombers return safely.[82]
  • June 5
    • Two Japanese bombers make a destructive strike against about a hundred Allied aircraft paired wingtip-to-wingtip atWakde, putting the base out of action for several days.[96]
    • TheB-29 Superfortress flies its first combat mission; 98 B-29s take off from bases in India and attackrailroad shops inBangkok,Thailand. Five are lost, none to enemy action.[97]
  • June 5–6 (overnight) – Bomber Command dispatches 1,012 British bombers to strike numerous German coastal artillery positions in France in direct support of the Normandy invasion scheduled for the morning of June 6. Of these, 946 carry out their bombing missions, dropping 5,000long tons (5,600short tons; 5,080metric tons) of bombs, the largest tonnage of bombs Bomber Command aircraft has dropped in a single night thus far in World War II. The aircraft have to bomb through clouds at all but two of the gun sites. Another 168 bombers conduct various diversionary and support missions. Total Bomber Command losses for the night are eight aircraft.[82]
  • June 6 – "D-Day" – TheAllied invasion of France is spearheaded byparatrooper drops and assault glider landings. TheLuftwaffe offers almost no resistance to the invasion.
  • June 6–7 (overnight) – 1,067 British aircraft of Bomber Command attack Germanlines of communication behind the area of the Normandy invasion, losing 11 bombers. The bombers raid several French towns, and much damage is done to railways and town centers, where roads are blocked by rubble.[82]
  • June 7–8 (overnight)
    • 337 British bombers accurately strike French railway yards at Achères,Juvisy,Massy-Palaiseau, andVersailles. German night fighters intercept them and 28 bombers (8.3 percent of the force) are lost.[82]
    • 122 British bombers raid a six-way road junction in Normandy with the loss of two aircraft. The raid is accurate.[82]
  • June 8
  • June 8–9 (overnight)
    • 483 British bombers successfully raid French railway yards atAlençon,Fougères,Mayenne,Pontabault, andRennes to stop German ground reinforcements from approaching the invasion area in Normandy; losing four aircraft.[82]
    • The Royal Air Force uses its 12,000-pound (5,443-kg) "Tallboy" bomb in combat for the first time in a hastily organized attack by 25 Lancasters of Bomber Command'sNo. 617 Squadron – supported by seven other bombers – on a railroad tunnel nearSaumur, France, to block a German panzer unit from using it. One penetrates the roof of the tunnel, which is blocked for a considerable time.[82] The Tallboy differs from the earlier RAF 12,000-pound (5,443-kg) bomb introduced in 1943 in having a much stronger casing that allows it to penetrate the earth before exploding.
  • June 9 – Allied land-based aircraft strike Japanese airfields onPeleliu,Woleai, andYap.[93]
  • June 9–10 (overnight) – 410 British bombers make accurate strikes on German airfields atFlers,Le Mans,Laval, andRennes, France, losing two aircraft. Another 112 bombers raid the railway junction atÉtampes, France, but are unsuccessful because their bombs creep back from the railroad into town. Six bombers are lost on the Étampes raid.[82]
  • June 10
  • June 10–11 – 432 British bombers attack French railway facilities at Achères,Dreux,Orléans, and Versailles, France, losing 18 aircraft.[82]
  • June 11 – 216 aircraft from the 15 aircraft carriers of U.S. Navy Task Force 58 attack Japanese bases onGuam,Saipan, andTinian, destroying 36 Japanese aircraft.[93] Tinian will remain under almost daily U.S. air attack for the next six weeks.[101]
  • June 11–12 (overnight) – 329 British bombers attack French railway facilities atÉvreux,Massy-Palaiseau,Nantes, andTours, France, losing four aircraft.[82]
  • June 12
  • June 12–13 – Task Force 58 aircraft attack Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, destroying almost all Japanese aircraft there, sinking a navalauxiliary and an entire flotilla ofsampans, and damaging acargo ship.[102]
  • June 12–13 (overnight)
  • June 14 – As an experiment, RAF Bomber Command tries its first daylight raid since May 1943, with 234 bombers making an evening attack on the harbor atLe Havre, France, with 1,230long tons (1,378short tons, 1,250metric tons) – including 22 12,000-pound (5,443-kg) Tallboy bombs dropped byNo. 617 Squadron targeting theS-boat pens – to disrupt attacks on the Normandy invasion force by small German naval craft. The raid sinks the German torpedo boatsFalke,Jaguar, andMöwe, 10 S-boats, 15R-boats, several patrol and harbor vessels, and 11 other small craft and badly damages other vessels.Spitfire fighters escort the bombers, and only one bomber is shot down.[82][105]
  • June 14–15 – Task Force 58 carrier aircraft strike theVolcano Islands, Guam, Saipan, and Tinian.[106]
  • June 14–15 (overnight)
    • Flying aMosquito ofNo. 605 Squadron, Royal Air ForceFlight Lieutenant J. G. Musgrave becomes the first pilot to shoot down aV-1 flying bomb.
    • 337 British bombers attack French railway yards atCambrai,Douai, and St. Pol, losing four aircraft, and another 330 conduct a hastily prepared strike against German troop concentrations and vehicle atAunay-sur-Odon andÉvrecy in Normandy without loss. Cloud cover and haze interferes with the railway attacks, but the attacks against German troops are successful.[82]
  • June 15
  • June 15–16 (overnight) 451 British bombers attack German supply dumps atFouillard andChâtellerault, France, and railway yards atLens andValenciennes, France, losing 11 aircraft. The raids strike all or part of their targets, and the two railway raids are particularly successful.[82]
  • June 16
    • 54 carrier aircraft of Task Groups 58.1 and 58.4 strike Iwo Jima, claiming 63 Japanese aircraft destroyed on the ground for the loss of one U.S. aircraft. Aircraft of other Task Force 58 task groups strike Japanese airfields onGuam andTinian in an effort to neutralize them, but are unsuccessful in the face of strongantiaircraft defenses.[110]
    • The incomplete Italian aircraft carrierAquila is damaged in an Allied air raid onGenoa.[111]
    • Luftwaffe aceHauptmannJosef "Sepp" Wurmheller claims his final three kills, pushing his total to 102 aerial victories. He becomes the 80thLuftwaffe pilot to reach 100 victories.
  • June 16–17 (overnight) – 405 British bombers begin an RAF Bomber Command campaign against GermanV-1 flying bomb launching sites with successful attacks on four sites in thePas-de-Calais, losing no aircraft. Another 321 bombers continue the bombingcampaign against the German oil industry, attacking the synthetic oil plant atOberhausen, Germany, but scatter their bombs and suffer the loss of 21 bombers shot down by German night fighters and 10 by antiaircraft guns.[82]
  • June 17
  • June 18 – An Allied fighter-bomber's 20-mm cannon shells kill German ArmyGeneralleutnantRudolf Stegmann, commander of the Germany Army's77th Infantry Division, during an air attack in Normandy.[100][114]
  • June 19–23 –Kwajalein-based U.S. Army Air ForcesB-24 Liberators fly daily high-altitude bombing raids againstTruk Atoll.[115]
  • June 19 – The largest aircraft carrier battle in history and the first since October 1942, theBattle of the Philippine Sea, begins in thePhilippine Sea west of Guam, pitting 15 American aircraft carriers of Task Force 58 with 891 aircraft and 65battleship- andcruiser-basedfloatplanes against nine Japanese carriers with 430 aircraft and 43 battleship- and cruiser-based floatplanes, supported by Japanese land-based aircraft in the Mariana Islands and at more distant bases. During ineffective Japanese air strikes against the American carrier force during the day, in U.S. air attacks on Japanese bases in the Marianas, and in losses due to other causes, the Japanese lose about 315 aircraft in what American pilots name the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot;" Japanese carrier aviation never recovers from the disaster. Flying anF6F Hellcat ofFighter Squadron 16 (VF-16) from the aircraft carrierUSS Lexington (CV-16), U.S. Navy fighter pilotAlexander Vraciu shoots down six Japanese aircraft in eight minutes.[116] The Americans lose only 29 aircraft. Also during the day, the U.S. submarineUSS Albacore (SS-218) sinks the Japanese aircraft carrierTaihō, and the submarineUSS Cavalla (SS-244) sinks the carrierShōkaku.[117]
  • June 17–18 (overnight) – 317 British bombers attack French railway yards atAulnoye,Montdidier, andSt. Martin l'Hortier with the loss of one aircraft, and another 114 strikeOisemont. Cloud cover makes the raids unsuccessful. Bad weather and cloud cover makes successful raids impossible for the next three days.[82]
  • June 20
    • On the second and final day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, U.S. 216 Task Force 58 aircraft make the only raid of the battle against the Japanese fleet at extremely long range at sunset, sinking the aircraft carrierHiyō and damaging the aircraft carriersZuikaku andChiyoda, battleshipHaruna, andheavy cruiserMaya. In addition to 20 aircraft missing and presumed shot down, Task Force 58 loses 80 planes, which ditch due to fuel exhaustion or crash while attempting night landings on U.S. carriers. During the day, the Japanese lose another 65 carrier aircraft, leaving them with only 35;[118] during the two days of battle, they have lost 476 carrier- and land-based aircraft and battleship- and cruiser-based floatplanes.[119] Flying an F6F Hellcat of Fighter Squadron 16 (VF-16) from the aircraft carrier USSLexington (CV-16), U.S. Navy fighter pilotAlexander Vraciu shoots down another Japanese aircraft; the victory brings his kill total to 19, making him the leading U.S. Navy ace at the time.[116]
    • Los Negros-based U.S. Army Air ForcesB-24 Liberators of theThirteenth Air Force bombWoleai.[115]
    • Allied aircraft begin concentrated attacks on Japanese forces onNoemfoor. By July 1, they will have dropped about 800 tons (725,755 kg) of bombs on the island.[120]
    • Transcontinental and Western Airways Flight 277, aC-54 Skymaster, crashes intoFort Mountain inPiscataquis County,Maine, killing all seven people on board.
  • June 21
  • June 21–22 (overnight) – 271 British bombers raid German synthetic oil plants atWesseling andGelsenkirchen, Germany. German night fighters intercept them, and 45 bombers are lost. The raids have limited success due to complete low cloud cover over the targets.[82]
  • June 22
  • June 23–27 – Los Negros-based U.S. Army Air Forces B-24 Liberators of the Thirteenth Air Force fly an average of 21 daily bombing sorties againstYap. Two are shot down and 21 damaged.[115]
  • June 23–24 (overnight) through July 6–7 (overnight) – Japanese aircraft in small numbers conduct night raids against U.S. Navy forces off Saipan, damaging severalamphibious warfare andauxiliary ships.[123]
  • June 24 – Attempting to strike Iwo Jima,F6F Hellcats of U.S. Navy Task Group 58.1 are intercepted by Japanese aircraft, shooting down 29 of them in exchange for six Hellcats. Iwo Jima-based Japanese aircraft fly three ineffective raids against the task group during the day, losing another 37 planes.[124]
  • June 24–25 – TheLuftwaffe makes its first operational use of the "Mistel" composite aircraft, against Allied shipping inSeine Bay.

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  • Eniwetok-based U.S. Army Air ForcesB-24 Liberators bomb Truk almost daily.Southwest Pacific-based bombers raidWoleai andYap.[125]
  • July 1
  • July 2
    • AnImperial Japanese ArmyTachikawa Ki-77 begins a flight to break the world endurance record. Flying a closed-circuit triangular route offManchuria, it sets a new record by landing 57 hours 9 minutes later, having covered 16,435 kilometers (10,206 miles) at an average speed of 288.2 km/h (179.0 mph).
    • 384 British bombers attack three GermanV-weapon sites. Due to cloud cover, results of the bombing are not observed, but bombs appear to have been concentrated on the targets. All bombers return safely.[126]
    • The U.S. NavyblimpK-14 crashes into theGulf of Maine while searching for a German submarine, killing six of her 10-man crew. Although witnesses report hearing explosions and gunfire around the time of the crash and investigators find evidence of the blimp receiving damage fromanti-aircraft fire, suggesting thatK-14 had been shot down by a German submarine, the U.S. Navy blames the crash onpilot error and ordersK-14′s surviving crew members not to discuss the incident further.[128]
  • July 4 – 328 British bombers attack three German V-1 sites. Despite some cloud cover, at least two of the sites are believed to have been bombed accurately. All bombers return safely.[126]
  • July 4–5 (overnight)
    • 246 British bombers attack the underground V-1 site atSaint-Leu-d'Esserent,France, using 1,000-pound (454-kg) bombs in an attempt to cut all German communications with the site. The attack is accurate, but German fighters intercept and shoot down 13 bombers.[126]
    • 287 British bombers attack railway yards atOrléans andVilleneuve, France. Fourteen bombers are lost.[126]
  • July 5 – After aP-38 Lightning tows it into the air, theMX-324 becomes the first American rocket-powered aircraft to fly under its own power.[129]
  • July 5–6 (overnight)
    • 542 British bombers attack two V-1 flying bomb launch sites and two storage sites, hitting all targets on a clear, moonlit night. Four bombers, allAvro Lancasters, are lost.[126]
    • 154 British Lancasters heavily bomb the main railway yards atDijon, France, heavily. All bombers return safely.[126]
  • July 6 – 550 British bombers and one Royal Air ForceMustang attack five V-weapon sites, with at least four of them bombed accurately. One aircraft, a Halifax, is lost. After the raid, four officers ofNo. 617 Squadron –Wing CommanderLeonard Cheshire andFlight Lieutenants J. C. McCarthy, K. L. Munro, andDave Shannon – are ordered to leave the squadron and rest. Cheshire, who has completed four tours and 100 operations, will never fly in combat again, but will receive theVictoria Cross two months later for his courage and work in developing low-level target marking during his Bomber Command service.[126]
  • July 7 – 467 British Bomber Command aircraft accurately drop 2,267long tons (2,303metric tons) of bombs on northernCaen, France, and nearby open ground in an evening raid in an effort to assist British and Canadian ground forces in breaking through German defenses in Normandy. The attack kills few Germans and destroys Caen's northern suburbs, but nearby German forces are badly shaken. Germananti-aircraft artillery shoots down one Lancaster, and two other Lancasters and aMosquito crash in Normandy behindAllied lines.[126]
  • July 7–8 (overnight)
    • 221 British bombers attack an underground V-1 flying bomb storage dump at Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, France, blocking access to the stored bombs by targeting the mouths of tunnels and the roads to them. Germannight fighters intercept the bombers, and 31 bombers (14 percent of the attacking force) are lost.[126]
    • 128 British bombers accurately bomb the railway yards atVaires-sur-Marne, France, without loss.[126]
  • July 8
  • July 9 – 347 British bombers attack six V-weapon launch sites. Most of the bombs are scattered due to cloud cover. One Lancaster and one Halifax do not return.[126]
  • July 10 – 233 British bombers attack a V-1 flying bomb storage dump atNucourt, France, but their bombs are scattered due to cloud cover. All of the bombers return safely.[126]
  • July 11
    • In a raid on a V-1 flying bomb site atGrapennes, France, 26 British Lancasters make the first "heavyOboe" raid of World War II. In this new technique, a Lancaster fitted with Oboe rather than a Mosquito leads the heavy bombers to the target, with other bombers in its formation dropping their bombs when it does, allowing a greater tonnage of bombs to be dropped directly on Oboe signals. The new tactic becomes Bomber Command's most accurate, allowing effective bombing of small targets like V-1 sites even through clouds. All of the Lancasters and all six Mosquitos which attack the same target separately return without loss.[126]
    • AUSAAFDouglas A-26 Invadercrashes in late afternoon fog into a temporarytrailer park inSouth Portland, Maine on approach to Portland-Westbrook Municipal Airport (nowPortland International Jetport), killing both men on board. On the ground, 17 people are killed and 20 are injured.
  • July 12
    • 222 British bombers attack a storage dump atThiverny, France, through cloud cover with unknown results. No aircraft are lost.[126]
    • 159 British bombers attempt an attack on railway yards at Vaires-sur-Marne, France, but the Master Bomber calls off the attack after only 12 Lancasters have dropped their bombs due to cloud cover over the target. No aircraft are lost.[126]
  • July 12–13 (overnight)
    • 385 aircraft of British Bomber Command attack railway targets atCulmont,Tours, andRevigny, France, with the first two bombed accurately but half the bombers sent to Revigny unable to attack due to cloud cover over the target. Twelve bombers are lost.[126]
    • 230 British bombers strike four V-1 flying bomb launch sites accurately, losing no aircraft.[126]
  • July 13 – Because of an error in navigation by a 7Staffel/NJG 2Junkers Ju 88G-1 night fighter, both theLichtenstein SN-2 VHF-band AI radar system and theFlensburg radar detector, meant to detect emissions from RAF Bomber Command aircraft using theMonica tail warning radar are compromised to the Allies, as the 7./NJG 2 Ju 88G-1 night fighter equipped with them is captured after it lands atRAF Woodbridge by mistake, the first such examples of both previously unknown German night fighter combatavionics systems to fall into Allied hands.[134][135]
  • July 14 –United States Army Air ForcesChief of StaffGeneralHenry H. "Hap" Arnold recommends to joint planners that the United States capture the island of Iwo Jima to provide an emergency landing strip forB-29 Superfortress heavy bombers and a base forP-51 Mustang fighters for thestrategic bombing campaign against Japan.[136]
  • July 14–15 – Saipan-based U.S. NavyPB4Y-1 Liberators ofBomber Squadron 109 (VB-109) raidIwo Jima,Chichi Jima, andHaha Jima.[125]
  • July 14–15 (overnight)
    • 253 British Bomber Command aircraft attempt an attack on railway targets at Revigny and Villeneuve, France. Some bombs hit the railways at Villeneuve, but many of the bombs are dropped east of the target, and the raid at Revigny is abandoned completely when the railway yards there could not be identified. Seven Lanasters are lost, all on the Revigny raid.[126]
    • 115 British bombers attack V-1 weapon sites atAnderbelck andLes Lands. The Anderbelck raid is successful in clear weather, but Les Land is bombed through total cloud cover with unknown results.[126]
  • July 15–16 (overnight)
    • 234 British bombers make an accurate attack on the V-1 flying bomb launch site atBois des Jardins, France, and the supply dump at Nucourt, losing one Halifax.[126]
    • 229 British bombers successfully attack railway yards atChâlons-sur-Marne andNevers, France. Three Lancasters are lost.[126]
  • July 17
  • July 18
    • TheBritish Army'sOperation Goodwood offensive inNormandy begins with an intense bombing raid by 1,728 heavy bombers and 412 medium bombers of Royal Air Force Bomber Command and the U.S. Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force dropping 7,000short tons (6,350metric tons) of explosives on a 25-square-mile (65-square-kilometer) area of German defenses, with six British bombers shot down, followed up by attacks by 796 Allied fighter-bombers on any German ground forces found to have survived the bombing. The German defenders are able to recover far more quickly than the Allies had hoped, and Goodwood comes to a halt three days later after British and Commonwealth forces gain little ground and suffer large casualties.[126][139]
    • 110 British bombers attack the railway yards at Vaires-sur-Marne, losing two Halifaxes.[126]
  • July 18–19 (overnight)
    • 194 Bomber Command aircraft strike thesynthetic oil plant atWeßling, Germany, dropping about a thousand high-explosive bombs into the plant area over a period of 20 minutes, destroying 20 percent of the facilities as well as 151 nearby houses and killing 11 Germans, 20 foreign workers, and nineprisoners-of-war.[126]
    • 170 Bomber Command aircraft attack theScholven/Buer synthetic oil plant atBuer, Germany, dropping 550 bombs into the plant area – of which 233 fail to explode – and halting all production for a lengthy period. Four Lancasters are lost.[126]
    • 263 aircraft of Bomber Command strike railway junctions atAulnoye-Aymeries and Revigny, France, cutting rail lines leading to the front in Normandy at both targets. Two Lancasters are lost on the Aulnoye-Aymeries raid. German night fighters intercept the bombers raiding Revigny, and 24 Lancasters are lost there, nearly 22 percent of the force.[126]
    • 62 British bombers make an unsuccessful attack on the V-1 launch site atAcquet, losing two Halifaxes.[126]
  • July 19 – 132 British bombers attack two V-1 launch sites and a supply dump without loss.[126]
  • July 20
    • Saipan-based U.S. NavyPB4Y-1 Liberators of Bomber Squadron 109 (VB-109) again strike Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, and Haha Jima. During the strikes of July 14, 15, and 20, they claim between 10 and 30 Japanese aircraft destroyed on the ground.[125]
    • 369 British bombers attack seven V-weapon sites, hitting six of them and losing one Lancaster.[126]
  • July 20–21 (overnight)
    • 317 Bomber Command aircraft devastate the railway yards and a railroad junction atCourtrai,Belgium, losing nine Lancasters.[126]
    • 166 British bombers strike the synthetic oil plant atBottrop, Germany, badly damaging the northern part of the plant in exchange for the loss of eight aircraft.[126]
    • 158 British bombers severely damage the oil plant atHomberg, Germany. German night fighters intercept the raid, and 20 bombers are shot down.[126]
    • 87 Bomber Command aircraft attempt to hit V-weapon sites atArdouval andWizernes, France, but only 23 bomb the former and none attack the latter. All aircraft return safely.[126]
  • July 21 – U.S. forcesland onGuam.[140]
  • July 22 – 60 British bombers attack four V-weapon sites through total cloud cover using the "heavy Oboe" tactic, with all aircraft returning safely.[126]
  • July 23
  • July 23–24 (overnight)
    • Royal Air Force Bomber Command makes its first major raid on a German city in two months, dispatching 629 bombers to attackKiel. The first attack on Kiel since April 1943, the raid bombs all parts of the city and particularly the port area, where bombs strike all important submarine and other naval facilities. Effective deception measures prevented a successful interception by German nightfighters, and only four bombers are lost, a 0.6 percent of the force. Kiel has no water for three days, no train or bus service for eight days, and nonatural gas for three weeks.[126]
    • Bomber Command begins a new campaign against oil facilities in German-occupied countries, sending 119 aircraft to hit an oil refinery and storage depot atDonges, France. Bomg in good visibility, they badly damage the facility and capsize anoil tanker, losing no aircraft.[126]
    • 116 British bombers attack two V-1 flying bomb sites accurately, losing one Halifax.[126]
  • July 24 – U.S. forcesland on Tinian.[141]
  • July 24–25 (overnight)
    • 614 British Command aircraft raidStuttgart, Germany, the first of three heavy raids on the city in five days, losing 21 bombers (4.6 percent of the force).[126]
    • 113 British bombers attack the oil facility at Donges again, devastating it. Three Lancasters do not return.[126]
    • 112 British bombers attack a V-1 flying bomb site atFerfay, France. The Master Bomber allows only 73 of them to bomb th target, and one Halifax is lost.[126]
  • July 25
    • Aircraft from the British aircraft carrierHMS Illustrious strikeSabang,Sumatra.[70]
    • 100 British bombers attack an airfield at signals depot atSaint-Cyr, France, losing one Lancaster.[126]
    • 93 British bombers successfully bomb two V-weapon launch sites and a storage site, losing no aircraft.[126]
  • July 25–26 (overnight)
    • 550 British bombers strike Stuttgart, losing 12 bombers (2.2 percent of the force). The raid is the most successful of the three carried out against Stuttgart in this period,[126]
    • 135 British bombers attack theKrupp oil refinery atWanne-Eickel, Germany, losing no aircraft. Only a few bombs strike the refinery, but bombs landing in Eickel destroy 14 houses, kill 29 German civilians, four foreign workers, and three prisoners-of-war, and force the Hannibalcoal mine to cease production.[126]
    • 100 British bombers attack an airfield at signals depot atSaint-Cyr, France, losing one Lancaster.[126]
    • 51 British bombers hit three V-1 launch sites, destroying the launch ramp at Bois de Jardins, France. All of the bombers return safely.[126]
  • July 26 – The first aerial victory for ajet fighter occurs as aMesserschmitt Me 262A, flown byLuftwaffe LeutnantAlfred Schreiber, attacks and damages ade Havilland Mosquito over southern Germany.[142]
  • July 26–27 (overnight)
    • 187 British bombers accurately attack the railway yards atGivors, France, losing four Lancasters and two Mosquitos.[126]
  • July 27
    • Gloster Meteors of the Royal Air Force'sNo. 616 fly their firstV-1 interception mission. It is the first combat action byAllied jets.[143]
    • 72 British bombers strike V-weapon sites, losing no aircraft. SomeShort Stirlings on the raids have had theGee-H blind bombing device fitted, the first time heavy bombers equipped with Gee-H have led an attack using the "Gee-H leader" tactic.[126]
  • July 28 – 199 British bombers hit four V-weapon sites through cloud cover, losing one Halifax.[126]
  • July 28–29 (overnight)
    • 496 British bombers carry out the final attack on Stuttgart of the three-raid series. German night fighters intercept them over France in bright moonlight while they are inbound, and 30 Lancasters (19 percent of the force) are shot down. The three raids have allowed Bomber Command to achieve success against Stuttgart's central district, which is devastated, for the first time, with many of the city's public and cultural buildings destroyed.[126]
    • 307 British bombers make the first heavy raid onHamburg, Germany, since theBattle of Hamburg a year previously, but the bombs are not concentrated and the attack is not successful. German night fighters intercept the bombers on their homeward flight, and 22 bombers are lost (12 percent of the force).[126]
    • 119 Bomber Command aircraft strike the V-1 flying bomb storage site atForêt De Nieppe, losing no aircraft.[126]
  • July 29 – 76 British bombers attack the V-weapon stores site at Forêt De Nieppe without loss.[126]
  • July 30
  • July 31
    • The French writerAntoine de Saint-Exupéry is killed while flying an operational sortie over southern France in a Lockheed F-5, the photographic reconnaissance variant of the P-38 Lightning.[144]
    • 131 British bombers make an accurate raid against the railway yards atJoigny-la-Roche, France, in clear conditions, losing one Lancaster.[126]
    • 103 Bomber Command aircraft strike both ends of a railway tunnel atRilly-la-Montagne that the Germans are using to store V-1 flying bombs. No. 617 Squadron uses 12,000-pound (5,443-kg)Tallboy bombs to collapse both ends of the tunnel, while the other bombers focus on cratering the approaches to the tunnel. Two Lancasters are shot down, including the No. 617 Squadron aircraft of Flight LieutenantWilliam Reid, who had received the Victoria Cross in 1943. He survives.[126]
    • 57 British bombers raid the port area atLe Havre, France, and claim to have hit one German submarine. One Lancaster is lost.[126]
  • July 31-August 1 (overnight) – 202 Bomber Command aircraft raid four V-weapon sites, damaging one of them. One Halifax and one Lancaster do not return.[126]

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  • AUnited States Army Air ForcesRepublic XP-47J Thunderbolt reaches 505 mph (813 km/h) in level flight, becoming the first piston-engined fighter to exceed 500 mph (805 km/h).[145]
  • Swissair suspends all flight operations for the duration ofWorld War II after a U.S. Army Air Forces bombing raid onStuttgart,Germany, destroys a SwissairDouglas DC-2. The airline will not resume commercial flights untilJuly 1945.
  • August 1 –RAF Bomber Command dispatches 777 aircraft to attack various GermanV-weapon sites, but only 79 bomb targets, probably because of bad weather. All bombers return safely.[146]
  • August 2 – 393 British bombers and one Royal Air ForceLightning attack aV-1 flying bomb launch site and three supply sites in clear weather, achieving accurate bombing results. TwoLancasters are lost.[146]
  • August 3 – 1,114 British bombers successfully strikeV-1 flying bomb stores sites atBois de Cassan,Forêt de Nieppe, andTrossy St. Maxim, France, in clear weather. Six Lancasters do not return.[146]
  • August 4
    • 291 British bombers attack the Bois de Cassan and Trossy St. Martin V-1 stores sites in clear weather, with two Halifaxes lost on the Bois de Cassan raid and two Lancasters shot down on the Trossy St. Martin raid. One of the lost Lancasters, piloted by CanadianSquadron LeaderIan W. Bazalgette, is hit by antiaircraft guns and catches fire, but Bazalgette manages to drop his bombs. After his aircraft goes out of control and enters a steep dive, he manages to recover and keep the bomber level long enough for four of his crewmen to bail out. With two wounded crewmen still aboard and unable to bail out, he crash-lands his Lancaster in an effort to save them, but the bomber explodes before they can get out, killing all three men. Bazalgette will receive a posthumousVictoria Cross for his actions.[146]
    • 288 Bomber Command Lancasters raid oil stores facilities atBec d'Ambès andPauillac, France, in clear weather, suffering no losses. Twenty-seven Serrate-equipped Mosquito night fighters escort them but encounter no German night fighters.[146]
    • 27 Lancasters of Bomber Command's No. 617 Squadron strike a railway bridge atÉtaples, France, with 1,000-pound (454-kg) bombs, scoring several hits but failing to destroy it. No bombers are lost.[146]
  • August 5
    • 742 British bombers attack the V-1 storage sites at Forêt de Nieppe andSt. Leu d'Esserent, France, in good conditions, losing oneHalifax.[146]
    • 306 British Lancasters very successfully bomb French oil storage facilities along theGironde River atBlaye,Bordeaux, and Pauillac, escorted by 30 Serrate-equipped Mosquito night fighters. One Lancaster is lost.[146]
    • 15 Lancasters of Bomber Command's No. 617 Squadron strike the Germansubmarine pens atBrest, France, with 12,000-pound (5,443-kg)Tallboy bombs, scoring six direct hits and losing one bomber to German antiaircraft fire.[146]
    • 14 British Lancasters attack the railway bridge at Étaples, but smoke obscures the bridge and results are unknown.[146]
  • August 6
    • 222 British bombers strike the Bois de Cassan and Forêt de Nieppe V-weapon sites, losing three Lancasters. The bombs are scattered, and at Bois de Cassan half the bombers fail to drop their bombs because of confusion over the orders given by the Master Bomber.[146]
    • 62 British bombers raid the railway center atHazebrouck, France, losing one Halifax. Smoke obscures the target.[146]
  • August 7–8 (overnight) – 1,019 Bomber Command aircraft are dispatched to attackGerman Army positions at five points along the front in Normandy, although only 660 of them drop bombs. Ten Lancasters are lost, with seven shot down by German fighters, two shot down by antiaircraft fire, and one lost to unknown causes.[146]
  • August 8
    • Bomber Command dispatches 202 aircraft to bomb an oil storage dump in France'sForêt De Chantilly, setting it on fire. One Halifax is lost in the sea.[146]
    • 78 Bomber Command aircraft strike four V-weapon launch sites, all accurately, losing one Halifax.[146]
  • August 8–9 (overnight) – 180 British bombers hit storage depots and dumps in France atAire-sur-la-Lys and in theForêt de Lucheux.[146]
  • August 9
    • 172 Bomber Command aircraft strike seven V-weapon launching sites in clear weather, successfully hitting all of them and losing three Halifaxes.[146]
    • 178 Bomber Command aircraft raid a fuel-storage dump atForêt De Mormal and an oil depot atLa Pallice, France. All bombers returned safely.[146]
    • 12 Lancasters of No 617 Squadron and a Mosquito attack the German submarine pens at La Pallice without loss.[146]
  • August 9–10 (overnight)
    • 311 British bombers attack five V-weapon sites, bombing them accurately and losing no aircraft.[146]
    • 190 Bomber Command aircraft make a successful attack on an oil-storage dump atForêt De Chatellerault, France, losing two Lancasters.[146]
  • August 10
  • August 11 – To demonstrate the utility and practicality of power hoists aboardhelicopters, aUnited States Coast Guard helicopter piloted byCommanderFrank A. Erickson hoists a man aboard from the ground atJamaica Bay,New York. It is the first time a power hoist has been used to lift a person into a helicopter. Erickson had led the development of helicopter power hoists.[9]
  • August 14 – A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter piloted by Commander Frank A. Erickson hoists a man floating in the water in Jamaica Bay, New York. It is the first time a person floating in water has been lifted into a helicopter using a power hoist.[9]
  • August 15
  • August 16 –TheMesserschmitt Me 163 rocket-powered interceptor is used againstAllied bombers for the first time, flown by the dedicatedJagdgeschwader 400 rocket fighter wing.
  • August 18 – The U.S. Navy submarineUSS Rasher (SS-269) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese aircraft carrierTaiyō offCape Bolinao,Luzon, with the loss of 747 lives. There are over 400 survivors.[150]
  • August 18 – TheSoviet Union informs the WesternAllies that it will not object to their aircraft dropping supplies to thePolish Home Army inWarsaw during the ongoingWarsaw Uprising as long as they do not land in Soviet-occupied territory. Allied bombers soon begin flights fromBrindisi, Italy, of over 1,600 miles (2,576 km) round-trip to drop supplies into Warsaw.[151]
  • August 19 – 110Seafire andHellcat fighters from seven British and two Americanescort aircraft carriers supporting Operation Dragoon fly an armed reconnaissance towardToulouse, France, where they destroylocomotives androlling stock. They encounter German aircraft—oneJunkers Ju 88, threeHeinkel He 111s, and oneDornier Do 217—for the first time during the operation and shoot all of them down.[152]
  • August 20 – Aircraft of a U.S. Navy antisubmarinehunter-killer group score their final kill of an enemy submarine in the Atlantic during World War II, whenFM Wildcats andTBM Avengers ofComposite Squadron 42 (VC-42) from theescort aircraft carrierUSS Bogue (CVE-9) sink the German submarineU-1229 300 nautical miles (560 km) south ofCape Race,Newfoundland. Aircraft of U.S. hunter-killer groups have sunk—or cooperated with surface warships in sinking—32 German and two Japanese submarines in the Atlantic.[153]
  • August 22 –Operation Goodwood (not to be confused with thetank battle of the same name in Normandy), a series of Royal Navy air strikes by the aircraft carriersHMS Formidable,HMS Furious,HMS Indefatigable,HMSNabob, andHMSTrumpeter against the German battleshipTirpitz at her anchorage in Norway, begins with a day strike designated Goodwood I, which is foiled by heavy cloud cover over the target area. An evening strike, Goodwood II, also is unsuccessful, andNabob is so badly damaged by atorpedo from the German submarineU-354 that she never again sees action.[137]
  • August 23
  • August 24
    • Aircraft from the British aircraft carriersHMS Indomitable andHMS Victorious raidSumatra, striking thecement works atIndaroeng and the harbor facilities and shipping atEmmahaven.[155]
    • Goodwood III, the third airstrike of Operation Goodwood, is the most successful Goodwood raid. Thirty-threeFairey Barracudas attackTirpitz, hitting her with a 500-lb (227-kg) bomb and a 1,600-lb (726-kg) bomb. The latter penetrates the armored deck and could have caused extensive damage or sunk the ship, but fails to explode.[137]
  • August 29 – The final airstrike of Operation Goodwood, Goodwood IV, is unsuccessful because a Germansmoke screen overTirpitz makes her impossible to hit.[137]

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  • December 3 – A single U.S. NavyPBY Catalina picks up 56 survivors of the destroyerUSS Cooper (DD-695) inOrmoc Bay and another rescues 48. Both loads break all previous records.[211]
  • December 6 – During the evening, the Japanese mount aparatrooper attack on U.S. airfields onLeyte, employing 39 or 40 aircraft to drop 15 to 20 paratroopers each. The aircraft targetingTacloban airfield are shot down or driven off by U.S.antiaircraft fire, while the troops targetingDulag Airfield are killed in crash landings, but troops dropped from 35 aircraft atBurauen airfield resist for two days and three nights until killed by U.S. Army Air Forces ground personnel.[212]
  • December 7
  • December 8 – In an attempt to stop Japanese air attacks on Saipan from staging through Iwo Jima, the U.S. Army Air Forces and U.S. Navy conduct a joint attack against Iwo Jima. After a morning fighter sweep by 28P-38 Lightnings, 62 B-29s and 102 B-24s bomb the island, dropping 814 tons (738,456 kg) of bombs, after which U.S. Navy surface ships bombard Iwo Jima. All Iwo Jima airfields are operational by December 11, but Japanese attacks on Saipan come to a halt for 21⁄2 weeks. Seventh Air Force B-24s will continue to raid Iwo Jima at least once a day through February 15, 1945.[216]
  • December 13 – As the U.S. Navy Mindoro Attack Force is about to round the southern cape ofNegros to enter theSulu Sea, a JapaneseAichi D3A (Allied reporting name "Val")dive bomber operating as akamikaze hits thelight cruiserUSS Nashville (CL-43),flagship for the Mindoro invasion, badly damaging her, wounding ground forces commanderBrigadier GeneralWilliam C. Dunckel, and killing and wounding members of his staff. Anotherkamikaze badly damages a destroyer.[217]
  • December 13–17 – Six U.S. Navy escort carriers provide direct support for the U.S.invasion ofMindoro. They fly 864 sorties, losing nine planes, none to enemy action.[218]
  • December 14
  • December 14–16 – Task Force 38 carrier aircraft attack Japanese airfields on Luzon, employing for the first time the "Big Blue Blanket" tactic of keeping aircraft over the airfields day and night to prevent Japanese air attacks on the beachhead at Mindoro. Flying 1,671 sorties, they drop 336 tons (304,817 kg) of bombs, claiming 62 Japanese aircraft destroyed in the air and 208 on the ground, for a loss of 27 U.S. aircraft in combat and 38 due to non-combat causes.[220]
  • December 15
  • December 17 – U.S. Army Air ForcesMajorRichard I. Bong scores his 40th and final aerial victory, enough to make him the top-scoring Americanace of World War II. He has made all of his kills flying theLockheed P-38 Lightning.[50]
  • December 18 –Typhoon Cobra strikes Task Force 38 as it operates in thePhilippine Sea east ofLuzon. In addition to the sinking of three destroyers, the loss of over 800 men, and damage to many ships, the task force loses 146 carrier aircraft and battleship and cruiserfloatplanes. Plans for strikes on Luzon from December 19 to 21 are cancelled.[222]
  • December 19 – The U.S. Navy submarineUSS Redfish (SS-395) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese aircraft carrierUnryū in theEast China Sea with the loss of 1,239 lives. There are 147 survivors.[223]
  • December 20 – With an abundance of male pilots now available to ferry military aircraft from factories to airfields, the U.S. Army Air ForcesAir Transport Command'sWomen Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) organization is disbanded. WASP and its predecessors have trained 1,074 graduates who have ferried over 50 percent of the combat aircraft within the United States during World War II. Flying at 126 bases across the United States, WASPs also have towed targets for gunnery training and served as instrument instructors for the Eastern Flying Training Command. Thirty-eight of the women have died during their WASP service, 11 in training and 27 during missions.[224]
  • December 22 – The only known test-firing of the GermanHenschel Hs 298 rocket-poweredair-to-air missile takes place, when aLuftwaffeJunkers Ju 88G fires three HS 298s. One fails to release from its launch rail, and one of the two that do release explodes prematurely and nose-dives into the ground. The Hs 298 program will be cancelled in January 1945.
  • December 24 – A U.S. Army Air Forces strike by Seventh Air Force B-24s on Iwo Jima is combined with a bombardment by U.S. Navy surface ships, but Japanese air raids on Saipan resume later in the day as 25 Japanese aircraft destroy one B-29 and damage three more beyond repair.[225]

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  • April 20 – The GermanAir Ministry ordersHeinkel to cease all engineering work on theHeinkel He 277 "Amerika Bomber" design project, ordering all finished airframe parts for it to be scrapped.[72]

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