December 28, 1941
SRA
The weather over Palembang was overcast and all aircraft flew their missions as ordered. Surprisingly weak CAP of only about 15 Zeros was encountered, and Dutch fighters did their job and largely kept the Zeros from inflicting damage. The bulk of the bombers went after Palembang's airfields instead of the oil and registered numerous hits. The bombers that did go after the oil still did a good job, with the number of damaged oil wells having now climbed to 421 out of 900. With the reassurance that the airfields are down, I will now order all bombers to target the oil for tomorrow.
Burma
Zeros swept over Rangoon today and were dealt a bloody nose by the Flying Tigers. Nice to see a good result against Japan's best fighter airframes.
China
I sent in a reduced P-40E squadron to Wenchow to intercept now routine enemy bombing raids of the base. The American fighters did an excellent job, knocking out half a dozen Nates and ten or so bombers.
All together a good turn in the air for Allied forces.
