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August 31, 1942
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XII Bomber Command is assigned to Twelfth Air Force with headquarters at High Wycombe.
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August 31, 1942
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Medium bombers from China bomb Myitkyina for second consecutive day.
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August 31, 1942
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B-26's and A-20's bomb air field at Lae; B-17's bomb ammunition dump at Buna; P-40's strafe positions at Wairopi; and P-40's bomb landing barges and strafe gun positions in Milne Bay area where Australian ground forces now take the offensive.
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August 31, 1942
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Of two B-24's flying weather, reconnaissance and patrol missions over Tanaga, one returns due to weather.
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