Air Operations, CBI

• 4 23rd Fighter Group P-40 fighter-bombers attack a Japanese Army headquarters and supply dump at Tengchung, and 2 P-40s attack road traffic between Tengchung and Lungling.

Air Operations, Central Pacific

An advance detachment of Seabees land at Nukufetau Island in the Ellice Islands to begin construction of an advance airfield from which the projected invasion of the Gilbert Islands can be supported.

Air Operations, East Indies

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

Air Operations, Europe

Allied aircraft attack Salerno and cause serious damage.

FW-190 Shot Down in Flames

This photo taken by Captain Clarence McKenney flying with Lieutenant Emmett Curran in ship called, "Lady Luck" 134947 RU-F. Number four position of the low flight in second box of eighteen. It shows a FW-190 being shot down in flames by Staff Sergeant Billie B. Boyd, Jr. He was flying with Flight Officer Durward Casey in a ship called, "The Bad Penny" 131628 RU-l. They were in number two position of the low flight in second box of eighteen B-26 Marauders.

• 462 aircraft are sent to bomb Leverkusen. Included in the total are 257 Lancasters, 192 Halifaxes and 13 Mosquitos.
• The I. G. Farben factory is the aiming point for this raid and it is hope that some of the bomb would actually fall there. There is thick cloud over the target and partial failure of the Oboe signals. As a result, the bombs fall over a wide area with at least 12 other town in or near the Ruhr recording bomb damage.
• 3 Lancasters and 2 Halifaxes are lost.

• 12 Mosquitos are sent to the Ruhr and 6 to Hamburg, 47 aircraft lay mines in the Frisians and off Texel and there are 7 OTU sorties.
• There are no losses.

Air Operations, New Guinea

The airfield at Wewak and satellite fields are considered neutralized following ongoing attacks by 5 Air Force bombers.

Air Operations, Solomons

• 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s and Marine Corps SBDs attack barges and barge facilities in western Vella Lavella.
• A VMF-214 F4U downs an A6M Zero near Mundi Mundi at 1522 hours.
• VB-101, in PB4Ys, undertakes its final patrol missions from Carney Field on Guadalcanal before being withdrawn to the United States.
• 10 USAAF SB-24 radar-equipped pathfinders arrive at Carney Field, Guadalcanal, where they are attached to the 5th Heavy Bomb Group’s 394th Heavy Bomb Squadron.

Central Pacific

Over the next week US forces occupy various islands in the Ellice group, including Nukufetau and Namumea, without opposition. Work is begun on airfields.

Eastern Front

The Germans begin to pull out of Kharkov after a stubborn defense. | ]

Private R. E. Hill Repairing his Universal Carrier, Catania, Italy, August 22, 1943