August 3, 1943
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TUESDAY, 3 AUGUST 1943

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Six attack missions, two of which abort, are flown to Kiska by B-24's, B-25's, P-38's, and P-40's; numerous targets hit and strafed include installations at North Head and South Head.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force): B-25's, B-17's, and B-24's bomb barges, small craft, villages, grounded planes, trails, and military camps at numerous points, including areas in or around Bogadjim, Salamaua, Manokwari, and Larat and along the Bubui, Masaweng, Mindjim, and Kofebi Rivers and Bogadjim Road. Lost is B-17E "Red Moose Express" 41-2634 pilot 1st Lt Walter K. Brenneman (MIA). The west coast of Borgen Bay and an island in Marien Harbor are also hit. Lost is P-400 Airacobra AP-335 pilot Lt. Everett H. Van Patten (survived) force landed at Bulldog Airfied.

RAAF: Lost is Vengeance A27-235 crashed on a training flight near Cooktown.