US NAVY
PACIFIC—District patrol craft YP-74 is sunk by
collision with merchant vessel Derblay off the Aleutian Islands,
54°23'N,164°10'W.
Battleship
South Dakota (BB-57) is damaged when she fouls a coral reef in Lahai
Passage, Tonga Islands.
Japanese
submarine I-11 is damaged by gunfire, location unspecified.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
USSR—Germans announce capture of Novorossisk, key Soviet
port on Black Sea since fall of Sevastopol.
EIGHTH AF—30 B‑17’s strike Avions Potez aircraft plant at
Meaulte, while a smaller force bombs 2 airfields near Saint- Omer. 12 DB‑7’s
attack Abbeville/Drucat airfield. 2 B‑17’s are shot down over Meaulte by fighters,
marking VIII Bomber Command’s first loss of aircraft in combat.
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—P‑40’s fly offensive sweep
over battle area near Rayil Dayr Ar Depression, claiming 3 Ju-87’s shot down. P‑40’s
also escort RAF bombers and fly 2 interceptor missions.
FIFTH AF—P‑400’s, A‑20’s, and B‑17’s strafe and bomb
positions, troops, and shipping at Myola, Mubo, Kokoda, Myola Lake, Eora Creek,
and Milne Bay. Australian ground forces continue to clear enemy from Milne Bay
area while Australian troops in the Owen Stanley Range fall back to vicinity of
Efogi Spur beyond Gap Mountain where defensive positions already established.
ELEVENTH AF—A B‑24 flying patrol and armed reconnaissance
over Tanaga sinks a mine layer and strafes a tender as well as nearby tents and
buildings.
US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—Australian
18th Brigade continues to clear enemy from Milne Bay against light, scattered
resistance.
In Owen
Stanley Range 2/14th and 2/16th Battalions of 21st Brigade, Australian 7th Division,
fall back to Efogi Spur, beyond The Gap, where 2/27th Battalion of same brigade
is already established.
EGYPT—13 Corps, British Eighth Army, continues offensive,
making slow progress southward against firm opposition.
USSR—Germans announce capture of Novorossisk, leading port
on E coast of Black Sea. Fierce fighting continues around Stalingrad.
US MARINE CORPS
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