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170 Pacifica Military History
CHINA: Four 11th Medium Bombardment Squadron B-25s attack
Taiping-hu Airdrome and mount antishipping strikes in the South China
Sea; four B-25s and 12 Fourteenth Air Force P-40s attack Tzeli; 29 P-
40s attack small craft on Tungting Lake; 12 P-40s attack five vessels
and other targets in the Shihmen area; and eight P-40s attack river boats
and IJA ground troops near Tsowshih.
GILBERT ISLANDS: 11th Heavy Bombardment Group B-24s based
at Funafuti and Nonomea airdromes attack Nauru Island; and VD-3
PB4Ys escorted by 30th Heavy Bombardment Group B-24s, photograph
the island.
Fighting continues at Tarawa and Makin atolls. USN carrier
aircraft continue to provide continuous on-call support of the landing
forces.
VF-2 and VF-6 F6F pilots down two G4Ms at sea at about 0610
hours.
MARSHALL ISLANDS: Task Group 50.1 carrier aircraft attack Mille
Atoll.
NEW GUINEA: V Bomber Command B-24s and B-25s attack shipping
targets; and 3d Light Bombardment Group A-20s attack targets in
the Finschhafen area.
SOLOMON ISLANDS: A small number of 42d Medium Bombardment
Group B-25s strafe Kieta while conducting antishipping patrols.
VF-17 F4U pilots down six A6M strafers over Empress Augusta
Bay at 0535 hours; and a 67th Fighter Squadron P-39 pilot downs a Ki-
61 over Cape Torokina at 0630 hours.
November 22, 1943
BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO: More than 100 V Bomber Command
B-24s and B-25s attack Cape Gloucester and Gasmata; and B-24s attack
ships off Kavieng.
CHINA: Sixteen Fourteenth Air Force P-40s attack troop-laden boats
on Tungting Lake, and P-40s attack Yangtze River traffic.
EGYPT: Allied leaders attend the SEXTANT Conference in Cairo to
consider the changing war situation.
GILBERT ISLANDS: Fighting continues at Tarawa and Makin atolls.