Air Operations, Bonin Islands

30th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s based at Saipan attack Chichi Jima.

Air Operations, Carolines

20 VMF-114 F4Us bombard Ngesebus Island, just north of Peleliu, as US Msrines mount an amphibious assault.

Air Operations, CBI

4 10th Air Force P-47s attack Mawhun and Nansiaung.

• 26 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Samshui.
• 31 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the Tienho and White Cloud airfields at Canton, two occupied towns, and road traffic in east-central China.
• 14th Air Force fighter-bombers mount more than 100 effective sorties against numerous communications targets and troop concentrations in east-central and southwestern China and northern French Indochina.
• P-51s with the 51st Fighter Group’s 26th Fighter Squadron down 2 Japanese fighters in an afternoon engagement near Samshui.

Air Operations, East Indies

• FEAF B-25s attack small vessels off Kairatoe, Celebes.
• V Bomber Command A-20s attack the Langoan airfiel on Ceram.
• FEAF P-38s attack barges and the town area at Pajahi in the Molucca Islands.

Air Operations, Europe

• 494 aircraft of Nos. 1, 3, 6 and 8 Groups are sent to attack 4 German positions at Calais and 6 battery positions at Cap Gris Nez. In the aircraft total are 230 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes, and 50 Mosquitos. About 50 aircraft are assigned to each position. Only 68 aircraft bomb at Calais before the Master Bomber cancels the raid because of worsening cloud conditions and only 198 out of 301 aircraft bomb at Cap Gris Nez. Calais will surrender to the Canadian Army soon after this raid and all the French Channel ports will be thus in Allied hands, although most of the facilities require extensive clearance and repair. This, and the continuing presence of German troops along the River Scheldt between Antwerp and the sea, will cause the Allied ground forces serious supply difficulties for several more weeks.
• There are no losses.

• 2 Liberators and 2 Wellingtons are on signals investigation patrols, 10 Hudsons and 2 Lysanders are on Resistance operations, and 75 Halifaxes are on fuel-carrying flights.
• There are no losses.

• 44 Mosquitos are sent to Brunswick, 5 to Heilbronn and 4 to Aschaffenburg, and there are 52 Mosquito patrols and 43 RCM sorties.
• 1 Mosquito Intruder is lost.

• 194 8th Air Force B-24s transport fuel to France.

• Only 23 of 417 1st Bomb Division B-17s are able to locate and attack their primary target, an oil plant at Magdeburg, in bad weather.
• 359 B-17s attack the city of Magdeburg and 35 others attack targets of opportunity.
• 243 2nd Bomb Division B-24s attack a motor-vehicle plant at Kassel.
• 301 3rd Bomb Division B-17s attack an oil plant at Merseburg.
• 34 heaby bombers are lost, 23 of which are downed in particularly violent Luftwaffe fighter attacks over Magdeburg
• Escort for the heavy bombers is provided by 646 VIII Fighter Command fighters. The fighter pilots down 30 Luftwaffe aircraft over Germany between 1130 and 1750 hours.
• 7 fighters are lost with their pilots

• 37 9th Bomb Division B-26s and A-20s attack German Army defenses.
• 9th Air Force P-47s attack three German Fortresses near Metz with high-explosive bombs and napalm.

• 9th Air Force fighter-bombers attack rail lines west of the Rhine River.

• All 12th and 15th Air Force bombers are grounded by bad weather, but some XII Fighter Command fighter-bombers are able to attack roads and rail lines in reduced strength.

Air Operations, New Guinea

V Fighter Command P-47s attack the airfield at Manokwari.

CBI

The British XV Corps receives orders to go over to the offensive on the Arakan front to drive the Japanese from the area of Chittagong and from the estuary of the Naaf River.

Eastern Front

The Russian 57th Army, with 9 divisions, moves from Vidin in Bulgaria into Yugoslavia, heading for Belgrade.

Gagen's 57th Army attack from Vidin toward Belgrade but meet determined resistance from Army Group F.

Italy

In the IV Corps area, TF 92 gains control of he east-west Highway 12 along Lima Creek between Fornoli and San Marcello and takes Lucchio. Units regroup as the right boundary of the corps is shifted eastward to Gambellate and Setta Creeks. The sector of the South African 6th Armored Division on the right flank is sharply reduced to permit a concentrated effort along Highway 6620 in support of the II Corps. The right boundary of the 6th RCT, BEF, is moved eastward to include the Serchio River.

The II Corps finds that the enemy has abandoned former strongpoints in Radicosa Pass. The 135th Infantry, 34th Division, seizes Monte Bastione. The 361st Infantry, 91st Division, gains the crest of Monte Oggioli. Monte Canda falls to the 338th Infantry, 85th Division. The Germans counterattack desperately in an effort to force the 2nd Battalion of the 350th Infantry, 88th Division, from its exposed salient on the crest of Monte Battaglia, drive back forward outposts. Reinforcements (K Company) and supplies are moved forward to the 2nd Battalion.

In the British XIII Corps area, the 1st Division finds that the enemy of Monte Gameraldi has withdrawn.

In the V Corps area, the Indian 4th Division suspends operations on the left flank of the corps while awaiting reinforcements. The 46th Division gives a little ground under a strong counterattack. The 56th Division, beginning an assault on a Castelvecchio ridge during the night, gets elements to the top but is forced to fall back at daylight and breaks off the attack. Elements succeed in reaching the Fiumicino north of Sacignano of the right flank. The 1st Armored Division headquarters passes to 8th Army control. The 2nd Armored Brigade is put under the 46th Division.

The Canadian I Corps reaches positions generally along the Fiumicino. A company of the 5th Armored Division crosses but is wiped out by the enemy. Operations, except for patrolling, are almost at a standstill after this because of heavy rains and flooding.

Occupied Greece

All Greek Resistance groups and political factions agree to accept orders from the Allied Supreme Commander in the Mediterranean and from Lt-Gen Ronald Scobie, commander of Allied operations in Greece.

Pacific

The US submarine Bonefish (SS-223) sinks the Japanese merchant tanker Anjo Maru (2068t) in the South China Sea.

Palaus

321st Infantry units finish clearing the northern part of the Umurbrogol Pocket to a previously designated line. The 1st Battalion and the 5th Marines continue clearing the northern part of the western arm.

At 0900 units of the 5th Marines, supported by artillery, tanks and figher-bombers taking off from Peleliu airfield land on the islet of Negesbus and on Kongauru, and begin to clear them of the enemy. There is little fighting on either. The Ngesebus airfield is almost entirely captured by 1500.

The 322nd Infantry continues clearing the enemy pocket inside the bowl in the Lake Salome area.

Western Front

The Canadian 3rd Div succeeds in penetrating into the defenses of Calais. After further heavy bombing by the RAF the Germans surrender the Calais Citadel.

German frogmen attempt to blow up the bridge over the Waal River at Nijmegen.[WE]

Images from September 28, 1944

Belly Landing at Kimbolton

British Mainres Train in Jungle Warfare

The Queen Mary On War Service

Jeep in the Mud in Huertgen Forest

Hemingway with Col Charles 'Buck' Lanham

Jungle Warfare Exercises

Going Ashore on Tinian

US Soldiers Patrol in Nijmegen