Air Operations, CBI

• 15 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s, escorted by 17 23rd Fighter Group P-38s and P-40s, attack port facilities at Kowloon.
• 5 11th Medium Bomb Group B-25s, escorted by 11 23rd Fighter Group P-40s, attack the Tienho airfield at Canton.
• 76th and 16th Fighter squadron P-40s and a 449th Fighter Squadron P-38s down 5 A6M Zeros over Canton at 1130 hours.
• 23rd Fighter Group and 74th Fighter Squadron P-40s two Ki-44 'Tojo;' fighters over Hong Kong at 1230 hours. 1 P-40 is lost.

Air Operations, Europe

Devastating raids on centers in southern Italy continue without respite.

• 32 aircraft lay mines off Brest and the Biscay ports and there is 1 OTU sortie. There are no losses.

Air Operations, Solomons

• 7 XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack targets in the Rekata Bay area and 15 B-24s attack the Kahili airfield on Bougainville.
• 11 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s and more than 40 Marine Corps SBDs, escorted by AirSols fighters, attack barges.
• XIII Fighter Command P-39s strafe Gizo Island and P-40s strafe barges and a small steamer.
• VMF-214 and VMF-215 F4Us down 11 A6M Zeros and Ki-61 'Tony' fighters between Vella Lavella and southern Bougainville at about 1630 hours.

Diplomatic Relations

The United States, Britain and Canada give limited recognition to the French Committee of National Liberation. On August 27 the Soviet Union and China follow suit.

Eastern Front

The Russians launch a general offensive into eastern Ukraine and across the Dnieper River using 4 Fronts and elements of the Central Front. Marshals | ]