August 28, 1942
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FRIDAY, 28 AUGUST 1942

CBI (CATF): Eight B-25s from 11th BS attack targets in the French Indochina, hitting barracks and ammunition dumps at Hoang Su Phi and a fuel dump at Phu Lo In. This is the largest force of B-25s used by CATF to date and the first B-25 mission flown without escort.

ALASKA (11th AF): Three B-17s bomb Kiska, lost is B-17E 41-9146 pilot 1st Lt. Albert J. Wilsey, Jr. (MIA). All available B-24s and two flights of P-38s fly air cover over Nazan Bay off Atka. An attack mission to Attu is canceled due to bad weather.

SWPA (5th AF): B-26s bomb forces at Milne Bay.

IJA: Additional Japanese land at Milne Bay.

RAAF: Lost is P-40E Kittyhawk A29-109 pilot Sgt William "Bill" D. Cowe (KIA) near Port Moresby.

USMC: SBDs from VMSB-232 and USN SBDs from VS-5 bomb and sink Japanese destroyer Asagiri off Santa Isabel and damage destroyers Shirakumo, Yugiri, and Amagiri and prevent them from landing reinforcements including elements of the Kawaguchi Detachment on Guadalcanal.

Light minelayer Gamble (DM-15) sinks Japanese submarine I-123 near Guadalcanal, 09°21'S, 160°43'E.