31 August 1943
Burma
The enemy has started night bombing on Pegu. Damage was minor and he lost 2 Sallies to flak. I'm moving in night fighters. The base is already a bit overstacked relative to the amount of aviation support there, though.
He had a decent CAP of Tonies and Nicks over Rangoon today, which cost me 2 B-24s. P-38s swept later and got one of each. P-40s out of Pegu were supposed to be patrolling over Rangoon but did not intervene with the CAP. My guess is supply levels at Pegu were too low throughout the day to maintain my own CAP.
Beaufighters from Pegu (9) attempted to attack troop transports well south near Mergui. There were 2 Zeros on CAP, both sides fought briefly with no shootdowns occuring. Then the Beaus proceeded to completely miss on their low altitude bombing runs on the transports.
Solomons and New Britain
I've got a couple task forces at Rabaul shuffling some troops around for the invasion of Guadalcanal. One of these was approached by a sub. HMAS Nizam spotted the sub and inflicted moderate depth charge damage on it before losing contact.
Sulu Sea
PBs successfully escorted at least 4 tankers past the waiting USS Muskallunge, along the chain of islands and the north end of the Sulu Sea. At least we have confirmation this route is active.
DEI
George fighters attempted to stop the B-24 raids on Ambon. The bombers got one George with no losses. P-38s swept Ambon later, but no one was left in the air to greet them.
Reinforcements
APA Neville arrives at Balboa
311th FBG/528th FBS arrives at Aden (More A-36 Mustangs)
8th RAF Advanced Base Force arrives at Calcutta
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