3 February 1944
China
-Enemy night raid on Kanhsien again; 9 Sallies and 6 Helens, no damage
-Enemy sweep of Amoy with 7 Tojos: Our CAP was 5 P-40s, 1 Tojo shot down.
Allied raids:
near Hwainan (ground forces): 40 casualties
near Chengchow (ground forces): 6 casualties
near Hankow (ground forces): 68 casualties
Philippines
-Enemy night raid on Cagayan by 3 Frances bombers; 2 shot down by flak, no damage.
USS Golet torpedoed a PB (2780 tons) in the Strait of Luzon. We're not sure whether this ship made it.
We attacked Manila again, 20 Corsairs and 15 P-38s escorting 48 B-24s; enemy CAP this time was 42 Georges, 13 Franks, 3 Zeroes and a Nick. Despite being outnumbered fighter-wise the losses were pretty even, 4 Corsairs lost (well... plus 3 more that crashed on the way back to base, and another scrapped after it landed) while 3 Georges, 1 Frank and 1 Zero went down. Looks like the port was mostly evacuated this time:
CL Yura, Bomb hits 4, on fire, heavy damage
SS I-29, Bomb hits 1, heavy damage
AO Kyokuto Maru, Bomb hits 1
The Yura and I-29 were "heavy damage"'d last time so getting hit again probably means they're done.
Burma and Thailand
Air raids:
east road (ground forces): 209 casualties
west road (ground forces): 32 casualties
Ground combat:
west road; Allied Deliberate attack, 18k troops vs 3.2k troops, 1647(J) to 90(A) casualties, enemy units retreating.
DEI
Air raids:
Koepang (ground forces): 0 casualties
Kendari (ground forces): 18 casualties
Ground combat:
22nd Australian Brigade has eliminated remaining enemy units in Palopo, Celebes.
Reinforcements
DE Donaldson arrives at Seattle
APA James O'Hara arrives at Balboa
AP Gen. H.W.Butner arrives at Eastern USA
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