The Formosa Air Battle (Japanese: 台湾沖航空戦, lit. 'Battle of the Taiwan Sea', Chinese: 臺灣空戰), 12–16 October 1944, was a series of large-scale aerial engagements...

It begun in correspondence with the Formosa Air Battle but continued long after the latter's conclusion. The air raids resulted in the mass destruction...

transporting American POWs from the Philippines to Formosa as a response to the Formosa Air Battle and the imminent invasion of the Philippines. 1,773...

warfare reached the island by 1943. The 1944 Formosa Air Battle gave the United States Pacific Fleet air supremacy from its carrier groups and Philippine...

aircrews' lack of combat experience, the air fleet suffered severe losses in the Formosa Air Battle. After the battle it had only 41 aircraft.[citation needed]...

propaganda purposes. Arima personally led an air attack against United States Navy Task Force 38 in the Formosa Air Battle and was killed in action. Arima was...

transport facilities built by the Japanese. In October 1944, the Formosa Air Battle was fought between American carriers and Japanese forces in Taiwan...

assault. First on the schedule were air strikes on Okinawa, Luzon, and Formosa; these led to the furious Formosa Air Battle of 10 to 13 October, during which...

two days later. The Formosa Air Battle lasted for three days, and American forces inflicted serious damage to the Japanese 2nd Air Fleet based on the island...

northwest to participate in the Formosa Air Battle from 12 to 16 October, where the U.S. Navy needed to destroy multiple Japanese air bases that controlled airspace...

participated in two major air-sea battles, the First and Second Battles of the Philippine Sea. During the more than 20,000 hours of air combat operations before...

carrier-borne combat debut at The Battle of the Philippine Sea, operating in an environment where the U.S. Navy had virtually complete air superiority. Subsequently...

and Battle of Midway. Kusaka badly sprained both ankles and was burned during the evacuation from the critically damaged Akagi during the battle. During...

12–16 October Formosa Air Battle – American carrier-based aircraft and Japanese naval aircraft do battle over Formosa 1 November Battle of Pag Island...

October and assisted in shooting down several more. Following the Formosa Air Battle, a convincing demonstration of the power and mobility of sea power...

Describes Thrilling Formosa Air Battle". Daily Herald (Utah). Retrieved 22 May 2018. Landsberg, Morrie (18 October 1944). "Formosa Battle Fierce As Japs Attempt...

19 to 20 June Battle of the Philippine Sea begins. 21 July to 10 August Second Battle of Guam begins. 10 to 20 October Formosa Air Battle begins. 30 to...

striking airfields there and then shifting once again to Formosa on 12 October. The Formosa Air Battle continued into the next day, which saw intense Japanese...

Philippines, before turning west to raid the island of Formosa. In the course of the so-called Formosa Air Battle, which lasted from 12 to 16 October, Belleau Wood...

strikes on Japanese airfields on Okinawa and Formosa from 10 to 13 October. During the Formosa Air Battle on 13 October, Santa Fe and her sister ships...

3.1 and his cruisers supported aircraft carriers during the air strikes against Formosa between October 12–14, 1944. He fought his group so skillfully...

and Formosa in the forthcoming Leyte invasion. In the 3-day Formosa air battle which resulted, Canberra and Houston were torpedoed from the air. Caperton...

and Formosa and could launch air strikes against the home islands of Japan. After several ineffective air strikes by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service...

assistance with air and land forces in Korea. Moreover, Truman ordered the United States Seventh Fleet to prevent any attack on Formosa and strengthened...

September 15-November 27 - Battle of Peleliu September 17-October 22 - Battle of Angaur October 10–20 - Formosa Air Battle December 7 - 1944 Tōnankai...

Cogswell fired protective antiaircraft cover for her force during the Formosa air battle of 12–14 October. After guarding the retirement toward safety of the...

scattered villages and towns; the US Fifth Air Force disputed Navy claims of kamikaze coming from Formosa.[clarification needed] The ships lost were smaller...

it proceeded southwest to wage attacks on Formosa and the Pescadores. During the ensuing Formosa Air Battle on 13 October, Mobile's sister ship Houston...

The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United...

Leycesteria formosa, the pheasant berry, is a deciduous shrub in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Himalayas and southwestern China. It is considered...