US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Growler (SS-215) sinks Japanese
ammunition ship Kashino in Formosa Straits, about 50 miles northeast of
Keelung, Formosa, 25°43'N, 122°38'E.
Submarine Guardfish
(SS-217), operating off northeast coast of Honshu, sinks merchant cargo
ships Kaimei Maru and Chita Maru at 40°14'N, 141°51'E, and
passenger cargo ship Tenyu Maru at 40°12'N, 141°49'E, off Kuji Bay,
Iwate Prefecture, Japan.
Submarine Pompano
(SS-181) sinks guard boat No.27 Nanshin Maru northeast of Honshu,
Japan, 35°22'N, 151°40'E.
Japanese
merchant cargo ship Suki Maru is sunk by mine in Bangka Strait, N.E.I.
ATLANTIC—Unidentified German U-boat comes across one boat
containing 19 survivors of U.S. freighter California, sunk by Italian submarine
Reginaldo Giuliani on 13 August 1942 and provides rations and
navigational assistance before departing (see 5 and 14 September 1942).
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s, in conjunction with
RAF and RN, attack convoy at sea. 2 merchant ships are reported sunk and 1 left
burning. B‑25’s and RAF Bostons, repelling counterattacks during Alam-el-Halfa
battle, hit troop concentrations and vehicles, while P‑40’s, operating with
RAF, escort bombers and engage in combat over battle area, claiming 1 fighter
destroyed.
FIFTH AF—P‑40’s bomb and strafe forces in Milne Bay area at
Goroni, Wagga Wagga, Ahioma, and N of Lilihoa. Australian ground forces pushing
E along Milne Bay reach Goroni; Japanese begin evacuation of the area.
ELEVENTH AF—2 bombers and 1 P‑38 bomb and patrol Nazan and
Kuluk Bays, but bombing of Kiska is canceled due to weather.
US ARMY
SOLOMON ISLANDS—1st
Raider Battalion patrols Savo Island., finding it free of enemy, and returns to
Guadalcanal. U.S. destroyer-transports Little and Gregory are
sunk by enemy warships in Sealark Channel, night 4–5.
NEW GUINEA—Continuing E along Milne Bay, Australians reach Goroni.
After nightfall, Japanese place wounded on board ship for withdrawal.
EGYPT—13 Corps, British Eighth Army, is still strongly
opposed as it attempts to close gap in mine field.
US MARINE CORPS
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