July 25, 1942
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SATURDAY, 25 JULY 1942

CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) (10th AF): CHINA AIR TASK FORCE (CATF): 76th Fighter Squadron, 23d Fighter Group, moves from Kunming to Kweilin with P-40s.

SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Joint Chiefs of Staff): Daily search missions over the southern Solomons are begun from New Caledonia . 26th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 11th Bombardment Group (Heavy), arrives at Bauer Field (Port Vila) from Hawaii with B-17s; first mission is 30 July.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th AF): B-25s, and P-39s pound barges and concentrations at Gona and troops on inland bound for Kokoda; Japanese forces push to Oivi, within six miles of Kokoda. Lost is P-400 pilot Beeson (KIA, BR).