US NAVY
MEDITERRANEAN—Operation PEDESTAL: large British convoy
(which includes in its composition U.S. freighters Almeria Lykes and
Santa Elisa), bound for Malta, its presence determined by Axis aerial
reconnaissance, comes under attack from Luftwaffe JU 88s and HE 111s (see 12-13
August).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—Referring to TORCH, General Spaatz informs General
Arnold that, in his opinion, UK remains the only base from which air supremacy
over Germany can be established.
TENTH AF—P‑40’s hit airfields at Yoyang and Nanchang from
which the enemy has been attacking Hengyang.
ELEVENTH AF—1 B‑24 flies photo reconnaissance over W
Semichi Islands and N Attu coast.
US ARMY
UNITED STATES—Admiral
Leahy makes the first of many suggestions that Burma Road be reopened.
NEW GUINEA—U.S. Advanced Base in New Guinea, a logistical
agency, is established by USASOS with HQ at Port Moresby, which is to become a
large supply and communications center. Maroubra Force abandons Kokoda
airfield, night 11–12, since it is untenable.
MEDITERRANEAN—Enemy U-boats heavily attack Malta-bound
convoy and sink HMS Eagle (aircraft carrier).
MIDDLE EAST—Iran-Iraq Service Command is redesignated Persian
Gulf Service Command (PGSC); remains directly under Hq USAFIME.
USSR—Threat to Stalingrad increases as German Army Group
A eliminates Soviet bridgehead in Don bend near Kalach.
US MARINE CORPS
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