US NAVY
PACIFIC—Transport William Ward Burrows (AP-6) is
damaged when she runs aground on Sylvia Reef off Tulagi, Solomons,09°07'S,
160°10'E.
Australian
destroyer HMAS Arunta sinks Japanese submarine RO-33 ten miles
southeast of Port Moresby, New Guinea, 09°36'S, 147°06'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—12 B‑17’s attack Courtrai/Wevelghem airfield, an
FW-190 base.
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s fail to locate
shipping near Crete and return without bombing. B‑25’s bomb landing ground
during 29/30 Aug.
TENTH AF—B‑25’s pound Lashio, scoring numerous hits on the
airport and starting 3 large fires in warehouse area SE of the city.
FIFTH AF—B‑26’s and P‑400’s hit airfield at Buna; B‑17’s
pound airfield at Rabaul, and P‑40’s hit facilities in Milne Ray area as enemy
ground forces continue drive over the Owen Stanley Range toward Port Moresby.
ELEVENTH AF—A Navy Catalina reports force of 3 cruisers and
4 destroyed s NW of Umnak. Thereupon all aircraft of the Eleventh go on attack
alert. Surface force then identifies itself as friendly.
US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—Orders
for Australian 18th Brigade to clear N shore of Milne Bay are revoked when
another enemy convoy is detected approaching that area. 775 Japanese
reinforcements are unloaded from the convoy. Fighting continues along overland
trail to Port Moresby, but because of situation at Milne Bay and in the
Solomons, South Seas Detachment is ordered to halt upon reaching S
foothills of Owen Stanley Range. Australian 21st Brigade relieves 39th Battalion
and elements of 53d Battalion.
US MARINE CORPS
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