• 18th Tinian: Massalog Point to Asiga Point • 21st Tinian: Massalog Point to Marpo Point • 23rd Saipan: Marpo Point to Tanapag Harbor • 27th Tinian: Faibus San Hilo Point to Ushi Point For Guam the following are the dates in April 1944 and shoreline sections for Greenling photography: • 5th Talofofo Bay to Cocos Islands • 6th Cocos Island to Facpi Point • 7th Ritidian Point to Hanum • 11th Ritidian Point to Lafac Point • 12th Fadian Point to Ypao Point • 13th Ritidian Point to Achae Point • 14th Facpi Point to Haputo Point • 15th Puntan dos Amantes to Cabras Island Concurrently, aerial photography missions were accomplished from April to July 1944 by US Navy photographic PB4Y-1s escorted by US Army Air Force gunship B-24s flown west from Eniwetok and return to Los Negros to the south. In all nine missions were flown as follows: • 18 April: Saipan, Tinian, and Aguijan • 25 April: Guam • 7 May: Guam • 22 May: Rota • 25 May: Pagan • 29 May: Guam and Saipan • 5 June: Guam • 4 July: Guam • 5 July: Tinian Then just a few days prior to the actual invasions, US Navy carrier aircraft flew shoreline oblique photographic missions along the invasion beaches.
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