July 28, 1942
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TUESDAY, 28 JULY 1942

USAAF: B-17F 41-24355, B-17F 41-24357, B-17F 41-24381 and B-17F 41-24384 depart Hamilton Field for Hickam Field then will cross the Pacific via Christmas Island Airfield, Canton Airfield, Fiji and New Caledonia before arriving at Brisbane on August 6, 1942

ALASKA (11th AF): An air coverage survey for Army ground operations to Adak and Tanaga is flown. Weather cancels a bombing mission to Kiska.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th AF): A 22nd BG B-26 bombs installations at Gona. Commander-designate of Allied Air Forces Lieutenant General George C. Kenney arrives in Australia. Lost is P-39 pilot Gillen (MIA) on a test hop and crashed off Paga Point.

U.S. Navy: First day of rehearsal landings on Fiji.