Russian Front. Soviet long-range air force aircraft raided
enemy aerodromes in Orel and Briansk area. The Luftwaffe again
raided Gorki.
Eighth Air Force. Eighth Air Force continues to be hit by
requirements for North Africa as 389th Bomber Group, originally
scheduled for United Kingdom, is diverted by War Department
(WD) to Mediterranean.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). Following night raid
by Wellingtons on Pantelleria, heavy bombers, medium bombers,
light bombers, and fighters of Northwest African Strategic
Air Force (NASAF) and Northwest African Tactical Air Force
(NATAF) pound the island throughout the afternoon.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers bomb gun emplacements at Pantelleria
airfields.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-17
Flying Fortress heavy bombers and B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
attack Wewak, Lae, Madang, and Kesup, hitting town areas and
airfields, and strafe sampans on Sepik River.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-38 Lightning fighters and P-40 fighters along with Royal
New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-40 fighters and Navy and Marine
fighters, intercept large force of fighters escorted dive
bombers on mission against Allied shipping off Guadalcanal.
Fighters from the newly opened Russell Islands bases initiate
the interception. A running fight develops and extends down
to Guadalcanal. More than 20 Japanese aircraft are downed.
9 Allied fighters are lost but all the pilots are recovered.
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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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