US NAVY
PACIFIC—PBYs (VP 14) attempt to bomb Japanese base at
Tulagi-Gavutu area but bad weather prompts cancellation of the mission.
PBY (VP
41), returning from a routine patrol, sights Mitsubishi A6M2 type 0
["Zero"] carrier fighter upside-down in a bog on Akutan Island,
Aleutians, where it has been since its forced landing on 3 June 1942 (see 12
July).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
ARMY AIR FORCES—AAF planners for BOLERO build-up estimate
137 AAF groups in UK by 31 Dec 43.
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—57th Fighter Group, en route
from US, is assigned to USAMEAF.
SEVENTH AF—Ground echelon of 11th Bomb Group leaves Hawaii
for S Pacific aboard USS Argonne.
ELEVENTH AF—1 B‑24 aborts a reconnaissance mission to Kiska
due to weather.
US ARMY
UNITED STATES—In
response to recommendation of General MacArthur and Admiral Ghormley on 8 July,
Joint Chiefs of Staff rule that offensive must be conducted as planned.
NEW GUINEA—Small Allied party flies from Port Moresby to
Buna area to reconnoiter for airfield site.
EGYPT—In limited offensive, 30 Corps of British Eighth Army
seizes Tel el Eisa mounds, W of El ‘Alamein. Enemy makes a number of
unsuccessful attempts to reduce this salient.
USSR—While Army Group B’s 4th Pz and 6th Armies
drive along the Don toward Stalingrad, 1st Pz and 17th Armies of
Army Group A drive on Rostov. Russians admit loss of Rossosh.
US MARINE CORPS
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