August 9, 1942

War Events

August 9, 1942	P-40's of the 23d Group continue to support Chinese ground forces by harassing the Japanese at Linchwan. Four B-25's and three P-40's from Kweilin-Hengyang area, staging through Nanning, bomb docks and warehouses at Haiphong, causing considerable damage and claiming a freighter sunk in the harbor. This is the first China Air Task Force raid over Indochina.
August 9, 1942	B-17's bomb shipping and airfields at Rabaul and Gasmata while B-26's hit harbor area at Salamaua.
August 9, 1942	Six bombers fly armed reconaissance over Kiska and Attu and hit Kiska.

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