Eighth Air Force. 35 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-26 Marauder medium bombers hit Beaumont-le-Roger airfield.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). Northwest African Strategic
Air Force (NASAF) B-26 Marauder medium bombers, with escort
of Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) A-36 Apache dive bomber, bomb
Mn at Salerno. Medium bombers and escort claim 26 enemy fighters
destroyed. Northwest African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) fighters
on armed reconnaissance hit motor transport South of Locri-Gioia
Tauro area and Northeast of Bagnara.
Ninth Air Force. All fighters and medium bombers groups of
Ninth Air Force are transferred to Twelfth Air Force.
Fourteenth Air Force. 4 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-40 fighters bomb Japanese Headquarters and supply dump at
Tengehung, and strafe trucks and troops in the area, 2 others
strafe road traffic between Tengehung and Lungling.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers strike Dili. As result of air offensive
against Wewak and satellite airfields, Japanese airpower on
New Guinea is sufficiently naturalised for 4 Allied destroyers
to proceed along coast from Milne Bay to Finschhafen. After
bombarding Finschhafen during 22-
23
August 1943, the warships return to Milne Bay.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and naval dive bombers, escorted
by fighters aircraft, bomb barge centres on West Vella Lavella
Island.
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August
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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