Air Operations, Carolines

11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s based in the Marshall Islands attack the Truk Atoll.

Air Operations, CBI

• 11 10th Air Force B-25s attack antiaircraft emplacements, a bridge, and a bypass on the Burma Road at Uamhkai.

• 24 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the Tienho and White Cloud airfields at Canton.
• 15 B-25s attack targets of opportunity around Chuanhsien.
• 11 B-25s attack Mangshih.
• 14th Air Force fighter-bombers mount nearly 100 effective sorties against troops and numerous transportation targets throughout east-central China south of the Yangtze River.
• 18 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s transport fuel from India to three locations in China.
• During the night, 9 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the White Cloud and Tienho airfields at Canton.

Air Operations, East Indies

• FEAF B-24s attack the Haroekoe airfield on Ceram, the Kendari airfield on Celebes, and the Liand airfield on Amboina.
• B-25s attack the Namlea airfield on Boeroe.

Air Operations, Europe

The Russians fly their last missions to drop supplies for the Poles in Warsaw. In 10 nights of airlift operations, the Red Air Force has flown 2,500 sorties in support of the Warsaw garrison and delivered 50 tons of munitions and food.

• 3 Lysanders are on Resistance operations, 72 Halifaxes are on fuel-carrying flights and there are 5 aircraft on RCM sorties.
• 1 Lysander is lost.

• 40 Mosquitos are sent to Karlsruhe, 15 Lancasters lay mines in the Kattegat and off Heligoland, and there are 42 Mosquito patrols and 25 RCM sorties.
• There are no losses.

• 190 8th Air Force B-24s transport fuel supplies to France.

• During the day, 9th Air Force fighters and fighter-bombers complete more than 1,500 effective combat sorties.

• More than 400 9th Bomb Division B-26s and A-20s attack antitank barriers at Webenheim; marshalling yards and rail sidings at Bingen; Euskirchen and Prum; warehouses, barracks, rail sidings, and marshalling yards at Bitburg and Julich.

• Bad weather again grounds 12th Air Force bombers and only 52 XII Fighter Command fighter-bomber sorties are flown against rail targets south of Milan.
• An FW-190 downed over Pontevillo by a 350th Fighter Group P-47 pilot is the last of only 16 Axis aircraft downed in the entire theater during the month of September.

Air Operations, Japan

2 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack the Kataoka naval base and the Kokutan Cape.

Air Operations, New Guinea

• V Bomber Command A-20s attack the airfield at Faan.
• A-20s and RAAF aircraft attack the airfield at Urarom.

Battle of the Atlantic

• The German submarine U-863 is sunk by naval land-based aircraft (VP-107) in the South Atlantic area.

U-863

Class	Type IXD2
CO	Kapitänleutnant Dietrich von der Esch
Location	Atlantic, off Ascension Island
Cause	Air attack
Casualties	69
Survivors	None

• The US freighter Edward H. Crockett (7176t), en route from Archangel to Scotland in Convoy RA-60, is torpedoed by U-310. She is irreparably damaged and is scuttled by gunfire from a British destroyer. 1 of the 41-man crew is lost in the explosion. There are no casuaties among the 27-man Armed Guard.

CBI

Chinese engineers and civilians, assisted by American technicians, begin the construction of a military road between Myitkyina, Teng-chung and Kunming.

Eastern Front

The Russians begin a campaign to recapture the Moonsund Archipelago off Estonia. This operation will continue until November 24. Troops of the Russian 8th Army land on Muhu Island in the Baltic. The German forces withdraw from this position to the nearby Saaremaa.

The Russians land on Himmaa on October 5 where there is heavy fighting until October 10. The Germans then retreat into the Syrver Peninsula and are not finally destroyed until November 24.

The 8th Army overruns Muhu Island.

The battle for Warsaw enters its final phase. Polish forces in the Kampinos Forest reach the Skierniewice-Zyrandow railway but are held up by German units. A fierce German attack destroys the Poles, only 100 of the 2,500 strong force escaping to link up with other units.

Fighting at Cluj intensifies once again as the 6th Army and 2nd Hungarian Army attacks. To the south the 57th Army continues its drive toward Belgrade, together with the IV Guards Mechanized Corps. This force comprises 200,000 men while the 46th Army, supporting the northern wing of the attack, has another 93,500 men.

Italy

At Marzabotto, in the Bologna province in the foothills of the Apennines, 2 SS regiments begin a reprisal operation against the partisans. Within a few days the Germans, commanded by Maj Walter Reder, have murdered 1,836 civilians.

In the IV Corps area, elements of the 6th RCT, BEF, take Stazzema. The 3rd Battalion relieves the 3rd Battalion of the 370th Infantry, TF 92, and with the British 74th Light AA Regiment under its command, receives the mission of driving along Highway 64. Ths South African 6th Armored Division pushes northward along Highway 6620 in an efforet to come abreast with the II Corps to the right.

In II Corps area, the 34th Division repels a counterattack on the left at Montefredente and on the right reaches Fornelli. The 91st Division, with the 362nd and 363rd Regiments in the assault, drives about 2 miles north of the Radicosa Pass astride Highway 65. The 85th Division remains in place consolidating and patrolling. Troops of the 350th Infantry, 88th Division, are still hard pressed on Monte Battaglia, where enemy counterattacks continue. The entire 350th Regiment is ordered to this position and turns over the defense of the right flank to CCA, 1st Armored Division.

In the British XIII Corps area, the Germans withdraw from Monte di Castelnuovo. Engineers are opening the Marradi-San Benedetto road, which by now is secure. The corps issues instructions for regrouping in order to take over the zone east of the Firenzuola-Imola road. The 1st Division replaces the 66th and 2nd Brigades in line with the 3rd Brigade.

The British 8th Army is still hampered along the line by heavy rains and flooding. The V Corps advances its right flank during the night taking Savignano and the Castelvecchio ridge without opposition, as the Germans make a limited withdrawal. Patrols cross the Fiumicino.

Pacific

• The US submarine Narwhal (SS-167) rescues 81 Allied prisoners of war who had survived the sinking of the Japanese freighter Shinyo Maru. Hundreds of the prisoners were being transported from Mindanao when the ship was torpedoed by another American submarine. More than 2,000 Allied prisoners went down with the ship. The survivors found their way to Sindangan Bay in Mindanao, where Filipino guerrillas radioed for aid, bringing in Narwhal (SS-167).
• The US submarine Skate (SS-305) sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Hoei Maru and army cargo ship Ekisan Maru (3690t) off Yoron Jima.
• The Japanese gunboat Riki Maru is sunk by mine off Kota Bharu, Malaya.

Palaus

The 7th Marines take responsibility for completing the reduction of the Umurbrogol Pocket, releasing the 3rd Battalion of the 321st Infantry, which then starts northward along the route previously taken by the 1st Battalion, clearing bypassed resistance as it moves. Other elements of the 321st Infantry relieve the 5th Marines on Ngesebus and Kongauru Islands which are reported cleared. The 5th Marines continue clearing Amiangal Mountain.

The Americans succeed in driving the Japanese out of the center of the Lake Salome area, forcing them to withdraw to the extreme northwest of the island.

United States, Policy

US ships are forbidden to call at Argentine ports as Roosevelt warns of the Argentine government's neo-fascist leanings.

Western Front

In their continuing attacks at Calais the Canadian 3rd Div begins to make real progress against the stubborn German defense. The Canadians take Cap Gris Nez.[WE]

Images from September 29, 1944

Carrying Ammo to a Tank

Liberation of the Netherlands

German Tank Burning

Officers from the 115th Regimental Combat Team

First Raid on Pandansari Refinery

Firing a Captured German 88