US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine S-37 (SS-142) torpedoes and sinks
Japanese transport Tenzan Maru about 30 miles west of Rabaul, 04°00'S,
151°50'E. Escorting submarine chaser Ch 30 depth-charges S-37 without
success.
ARCTIC—Ordeal of dispersed USSR-bound convoy PQ 17 to
German submarines and planes continues: 19 survivors (16 merchant seamen and
three Armed Guard sailors) of U.S. freighter John Witherspoon (sunk by
German submarine U-255 on 6 July) are rescued by Panamanian freighter El
Capitan. German bombers, however, attack the latter and sink her. British
armed trawler HMS Lord Austin rescues the 19 John Witherspoon men
and takes them to Archangel (see 9July).
ATLANTIC—U.S. tanker J.A. Moffett, Jr. is torpedoed
by German submarine U-571 three miles south by west of Tennessee Reef,
Florida Straits, 24°47'N, 80°42'W; and is run aground on Tennessee Reef to
prevent the ship's loss. The ship's master is the only fatality; the survivors
(36 merchant seamen and the 6 man Armed Guard) are rescued by Coast Guard
auxiliary craft Mary Jane and Southbound and cutter Nike (WPC-112).
Later salvaged, J.A. Moffett, Jr. is written off as a total loss.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s bomb harbor and
shipping at Bengasi during 8/9 Jul, while B‑17’s hit harbor at Tobruk.
TENTH AF—A single B‑25 piloted by Col Caleb V Haynes, bombs
Japanese HQ at Tengchung near Burma border. Bad weather, pilot fatigue, and
maintenance halt major operations for several days.
ELEVENTH AF—404th Bomb Squadron arrives in the Alaskan
Theater with B‑24’s—originally destined for N Africa. 1 B‑24 flies 2 photo
missions over S shore of Kiska and over Little Kiska. Bombing mission canceled
due to weather.
US ARMY
PACIFIC—General
MacArthur and Admiral Ghormley recommend that offensive be postponed until SW and
S Pacific forces can be strengthened. Admiral Nimitz issues his final plan of
attack, ordering S Pacific Force to seize Santa Cruz Islands. and Tulagi- Guadalcanal
area in the Solomons.
CHINA BURMA INDIA—General Chennault takes command of CATF.
USSR—Russians announce evacuation of St Oskol, SE of Kursk.
US MARINE CORPS
—
No comments:
Post a Comment