US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine S-39 (SS-144), irreparably damaged
by striking reef off Rossel Island, on 14 August, is abandoned.
Airship L
8 (ZP-32) is damaged upon return from patrol off California coast, landing
at Dale City, California. The airship, however is unmanned; the fate of its two
man crew remains a mystery.
ATLANTIC—Surviving 38 merchant seamen and the 13 man Armed
Guard of U.S. freighter Cripple Creek, sunk by German submarine U-171
on 13 August, are rescued by British armed trawler HMS St. Wistan and
transported to Sierra Leone.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—Personnel strength is greatly
increased and supply and maintenance prospects are much improved by arrival of
ground echelons of 57th Fighter, 12th and 98th Bomb, and 323d Service Groups.
ELEVENTH AF—A B‑24 aborts photo reconnaissance flight over
Adak because of mechanical failure.
US ARMY
EGYPT—Enemy
installations on Egyptian front are bombed for first time by U.S. medium
bombers in support of British Eighth Army.
US MARINE CORPS
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