Air Operations, Aleutians

8 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s, 1 B-25, and 10 343d Fighter Group P-38s attack Kiska.

Air Operations, Bismarcks

V Bomber Command B-25s attack barges at Talasea and Rein Bay.

Air Operations, East Indies

V Bomber Command B-25s attack Koepang, Timor.

Air Operations, Europe

• 140 Lancasters from Nos. 1, 5 and 8 Groups are sent to Milan inflicting more damage on the city.
• 1 Lancaster is lost.
Evening Ops:

• 7 Mosquitos carry out a nuisance raid on Berlin without a loss.

Photographic Interpreters Looking at Recon Pictures of Hamburg

A Canadian photographic interpreter closely analyses a composite picture of Hamburg for damage after the recent set of raids against the city.

Analysing a Picture of Hamburg for Damage

Air Operations, New Guinea

• More than 50 V Bomber Command B-17s, B-24s, and B-25s attack the Salamaua area.
• 3rd Light Bomb Group A-20s strafe barges near Finschhafen.

Air Operations, Pacific

US aircraft take off from Darwin in northern Australia to attack the oil refineries at Balikpapan in Borneo. The 17-hour flight is the longest strategic aerial mission of the war.

Crash landed B-24 Liberator aircraft known as 'Shady Lady' of the 528th Squadron of the 380th Bombardment Group in Northern Australia on 14 August 1943.

Crash Landed B-24 Liberator

Air Operations, Solomons

• Nine XIII Bomber Command B-17s attack Rekata Bay.
• A 6th Night Fighter Squadron P-38 downs an A6M Zero over the Russell Islands at 2115 hours.

Allied Planning

The Allied Supreme Command issues the naval plan for Operation AVALANCHE, the landing at Salerno.

Eastern Front

Fierce fighting for Karachev, on the Bryansk front, as the Germans try desperately to halt the Russian advance.

Italy, Politics

The Italian government declares Rome an 'Open City' to avoid further destruction by bombing.

Mediterranean

The British submarine Saracen is sunk by the Italian corvettes Minerva and Euterpe off Bastia, Corsica with the loss of 4 crewmen. Minerva pickes up 26 survivors, Euterpe 20. All are made prisoners of war.

New Guinea

American troops take a ridge called Roosevelt, but the Japanese hole on to a row of hills overlooking Dot Inlet.

Pacific

The Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No. 109 is sunk by the US submarine Finback (SS-230) off the east coast of the Celebes.

Sicily

American and British units converge on Randazzo and capture it. Mt Etna is also captured. The Allies are now advancing rapidly in most sectors.

Solomons

The air base at Munda, captured from the Japanese, is now in full working order. The base makes the movement of Japanese transport shipping down 'the Slot' between the Solomon Islands much more precarious.

The first American aircraft lands at Munda on August 14, 1943. It is an F4U Corsair piloted by Robert Owen of VMF-215, followed by a 44th Fighter Squadron (44th FS) P-40 Warhawk and a J2F Duck with Marine Brigadier General Francis P. Mulcahy aboard.

First US Aircraft Lands at Munda

United States, Home Front

New regulations for the draft come into force. There is a revised list of important occupations and, together with having dependents, will now be the deciding factor in any deferment of call up.