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Free Sample Chapters 149
NEW GUINEA: V Bomber Command B-25s attack lines of communication
around Fortification Point; and V Fighter Command P-39 fighterbombers
attack targets in the Bogadjim area.
SOLOMON ISLANDS: In a continuation of the Battle of Empress
Augusta Bay, more than 100 IJN carrier bombers and fighters based at
Rabaul attack the USN surface force at 0800 hours. Antiaircraft fire
deflects most of the attackers, and only very light damage is sustained
by a light cruiser from two direct hits.
Twenty XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack Bougainville/
Kahili Airdrome; and USN aircraft from Task Force 38 mount two
punishing strikes against Buka and Bougainville/Bonis airdromes. Task
Force 38 then departs the area to refuel.
VF-33 F6F pilots down a G4M, three D3As, and two A6Ms
over the USN surface battle force in Empress Augusta Bay at 0815 hours;
a VF-12 F6F pilot downs a Ki-21 at sea at 0838 hours; and a VMF-221
F4U pilot downs two D3As over a U.S. Navy task force at 1830 hours.
One USMC F4U is lost.
Marine BriGen Field Harris establishes a new Aircraft, Northern
Solomons (AirNorSols) headquarters ashore at Cape Torokina to
coordinate air activities over and around the Bougainville beachhead.
November 3, 1943
BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO: V Bomber Command B-24s mount
light antishipping strikes at Cape Gloucester and Talasea, but planned
attacks against Rabaul are canceled in the face of bad weather over the
target area.
BURMA: Eight Fourteenth Air Force P-40 fighter-bombers attack
Lashio Airdrome.
CHINA: Twenty-one 308th Heavy Bombardment Group B-24s attack
the port at Kowloon; and nine 11th Medium Bombardment Group B-
25s and nine P-40s attack targets around Hwajung, Owchihkow, and
Shihshow.
74th Fighter Squadron P-40 pilots down three A6Ms near Canton
during the early afternoon.
NEW GUINEA: V Bomber Command B-25s attack targets around
Madang; and V Fighter Command P-39s strafe Bogadjim.