US NAVY
PACIFIC—Destroyer Tucker (DD-374), uninformed of its
presence, is sunk in U.S. minefield laid the previous day by Gamble
(DM-15), Breese (DM-18), and Tracy (DM-19), in Segond Channel,
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Chartered transport President Coolidge is
also lost as the result of striking a mine in the same field.
Submarine Narwhal
(SS-167) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Fukuyama Maru, 40°26'N,
141°50'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s strike convoy in
Mediterranean during 4/5 Aug, claiming hits on 2 merchant ships.
TENTH AF—P‑40’s sweep Japanese HQ at Linchwan and bomb HQ
buildings and barracks and strafe transports.
ELEVENTH AF—1 LB-30 flies a photo mission and 2 B‑17’s and
3 B‑24’s covered by 8 P‑38’s escort Navy tenders to Nazan Bay. 2 4-engine
seaplane bombers and a possible third are downed near Atka by 2 of the P‑38’s, in
their first aerial combat in any theater. Weather cancels bombing mission to
Kiska.
US ARMY
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA—General
Kenney assumes command of Allied Air Forces, succeeding General Brett.
US MARINE CORPS
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