Air Operations, CBI

• 10th Air Force P-47s attack the Bhamo-Myothit and Pinwe-Mawlu areas.

• 12 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and a small number of 14th Air Force P-40s attack Mangshih and Lungfukwan.
• More than 50 14th Air Force P-51s and P-40s attack numerous targets across large parts of southern China.
• 9 10th Air Force B-25s attack troops and stores at Hinlong.
• More than 20 10th Air Force P-47s attack Tingka, Wanting, and fuel stores at Chefang.
• 73 of 109 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s dispatched attack steel works at Anshan through heavy cloud cover. All bombs miss the target. No B-29s are lost.
• 19 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s transport fuel from India to several destinations in China.
• Japanese Army ground forces capture Tanchuk and the city’s 14th Air Force airfield.

• 6 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 4 449th Fighter Squadron P-38s attack a bridge at Dara.

Air Operations, Central Pacific

During the night, VII Bomber Command B-24s attack Wake Island.

Air Operations, East Indies

• FEAF B-24s and B-25s attack the Kendari airfield on Celebes and the Liang airfield on Amboina.
• B-25s attack Maumere Bay in the Sunda Islands.

Air Operations, Europe

• 722 aircraft including 388 Lancasters, 289 Halifaxes and 45 Mosquitos, carry out 2 separate raids in the Calais area. 531 aircraft are sent to 4 targets at Cap Gris Nez and 191 aircraft to 3 targets near Calais. A total of 3,500 tons of bombs are dropped. Accurate and concentrated bombing is observed at all targets.
• 2 Lancasters are lost.

• 5 Hudsons are on Resistance operations, 74 Halifaxes are on fuel-carrying flights, and there are 2 Ranger patrols and 5 RCM sorties.
• There are no losses.

• 226 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitos of Nos. 1 and 5 Groups are sent to Karlsruhe. Bomber Command claims a concentrated attack with a large part of the city devastated.
• 2 Lancasters are lost.

• 50 Mosquitos are sent to Frankfurt and 6 to Hamburg, and there are 26 RCM sorties.
• There are no losses.

• More than 160 8th Air Force B-24s transport fuel to France.

• 383 1st Bomb Division B-17s attack a steel pland and marshalling yard at Osnabrudk.
• 274 2nd Bomb Division B-24s attack a marshalling yard at Hamm.
• 381 3rd Bomb Division B-17s attack a motor-vehicle factory at Bremen.
• 32 heavy bombers attack various targets of opportunity.
• 9 heavy bombers and 2 VIII Fighter Command escorts are lost
• VIII Fighter Command pilots down 30 Luftwaffe fighters over Germany between 1400 and 1650 hours.

• 253 VIII Fighter Command fighters and 67 IX Fighter Command P-38s provide support for the MARKET-GARDEN airborne force.
• 1 P-38 is lost

• XIX TAC aircraft attack fortified positions around Metz.

• 9th Air Force fighter pilots down 6 Luftwaffe fighters over Germany between 1400 and 1650 hours.
• IX TAC aircraft cut rail lines west of the Rhine River.

• 12th Air Force B-25s and B-26s attack road and rail bridges in the Po River valley.
• XII Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack supply points and road and rail targets.
• During the night, XII Fighter Command A-20s attack motor vehicles in the Po River valley.

Air Operations, Japan

4 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s employ radar to attack the Suribachi airfield in the Kurile Islands.

Britain, Home Front

German cross-Channel guns carry out a furious bombardment of Dover. A shell strikes a hostel killing 49.

CBI

The Japanese 11th Army captures the Tanchuck airfield after the US 14th Air Force abandons it.

Eastern Front

The Central Front stabilizes along the line of the Narew and Vistula Rivers. The Russians have advanced 604 km since June 23 and virtually annihilated 25 divisions of German Army Group Center.

Following a bitter, 3-day battle, 2,000 Polish fighters are forced to surrender in Mokotow. Elements of the Polish Mokotow detachment attempt to escape through the sewers to the city center but the Germans kill most of them, just 600 managing to escape. Komorowski knows the end is near but continues to resist the German attacks.

Greece, Politics

At Caserta in Italy an agreement is concluded between the exile Greek government and the various guerilla leaders in which the guerillas undertake to obey the orders of the government. The government delegates military authority to the British Gen Ronald Scobie who has been appointed by Gen Maitland Wilson who has supervised the talks.

Italy

8th Army units cross the Uso (the ancient Rubicon) River as their advance goes on.

Pacific

• The Japanese submarine I-175 is sunk by the US destroyer escort McCoy Reynolds (DE-440) northeast of the Palau Islands.
• The US submarine Thresher (SS-200) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Koetsu Maru (873t) in the Yellow Sea.
• The US submarine Pargo (SS-264) sinks the Japanese minelayer Aotaka off Borneo.

Palau Islands

On Peleliu, after repelling 3 furious Japanese counterattacks, the Marines reach the point at which the western and eastern roads meet, at the foot of Mount Amiangal in the north of the island. A special unit attacks the Japanese positions toward the south with flame-throwers and tanks, blocking up the pill-boxes with earth and stones and directing flames through the slots. By evening the important Hill 120 is in American hands. The Japanese are by now cut off in a number of pockets on Mount Umurbrogol and 'Bloody Hill', in the center of the island, and Mount Amiangal in the north.

On Angaur, the US 322nd Inf succeeds in making a small penetration into the northern part of the Lake Salome basin.

Southwest Pacific

A new version of the MUSKETEER plan is prepared. The original plan was to land on Mindoro as soon as possible after the Leyte landings. The Mindoro operation is scheduled for December 5. MacArthur wants to attack Luzon as soon as possible after the Leyte operation is assured of success. The Joing Chiefs of Staff are uncertain which direction to follow after Leyte--continue to Luzon or by pass Luzon for Formosa.

The X Corps commander, Lt-Gen Simon B. Buckner, who is responsible for the land forces for Operation CAUSEWAY (the invasion of Formosa) assesses that there are insufficient service and support troops in-theater to make the invasion successful.

Western Front

The Allied attack in Belgium and Holland continue. Turnhout, in north Belgium midway between Antwerp and Eindhoven, and Oss, west of Grave, are both taken as the advance of XXX Corps to the Rhine is consolidated. This has been a considerable achievement even though the prize of the bridge at Arnhem has not been won.

Images from September 26, 1944

Universal Carriers in Deurne

British Armor Passes Through Deurne

British 11th Armored Passes Through Deurne

Survivors of 1st Airborne Division

Maj Lonsdale Accepts a Light

Self-propelled Guns Pass through Deurne

Kamikaze Attack Damage

Inspecting the Engine of a Japanese Zero

Churchill and His Wife Clementine

Germans in the Ruins of Arnhem