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• Amon Göth was promoted to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer. ww2dbase [Amon Göth | CPC]
• Hitler ordered the Orel, Russia salient evacuated. ww2dbase [TH]
• USAAF bombed the oil refineries at Ploesti, Romania; 30% of the raid force was lost. ww2dbase [Operation Tidal Wave | TH]
• Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein shot down three Soviet aircraft, increasing his victories to 46. ww2dbase [Heinrich | CPC]

• USS S-41 ended her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [S-41 | CPC]

• Americans captured the Munda airfield on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Munda, New Georgia | CPC]

• The puppet Burmese government declared war on Britain and the United States. ww2dbase [AC]

• Shokaku remained at Truk, Caroline Islands throughout the month of Aug 1943, except for two short sorties on 3 Aug and 25 Aug. ww2dbase [Shokaku | Truk | CPC]

• Lin Sen passed away in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Lin Sen | Chongqing | CPC]
• Chiang Kaishek was made temporary head of state upon his predecessor Lin Sen's death. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue and her task group arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco. Thirteen POWs from U-527 were turned over to shore authorities. ww2dbase [Bogue | Casablanca | DS]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Marine Fighting Squadron 223 (VMF-223) departed. A & R building usably complete. Telephone system usably complete. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• Destroyer USS Shaw exited Drydock No. 1 and shifted to Berth B-15 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Shaw | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• Irako transited the Bungo Strait between Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan and arrived at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Irako | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• USS St. Louis departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California, United States. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]

• USS Finback damaged a Japanese transport in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Finback | South China Sea | CPC]

• The headquarters of USAAF 25th Bombardment Group departed from Edinburgh Field in Trinidad. ww2dbase [Carlsen Field | Chaguanas | CPC]

• Reginaldo Giuliani arrived in Singapore. ww2dbase [Reginaldo Giuliani | Singapore | CPC]

• Over Ukraine, the Red Air Force's leading female pilot Lydia Litvyak shot down the German Bf 109G-6 fighter piloted by Feldwebel Hans-Jörg Merkle and another Bf 109G-6 fighter while flying a Yak-1b fighter. She was in turn shot down in this engagement. Her body was never found, and the Soviet Union presumed her to have been killed. ww2dbase [Lydia Litvyak | Krasnyi Luch, Voroshilovgrad | CPC]

• USS Alabama was detached from the British Royal Navy Home Fleet and departed Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Alabama | Scapa Flow | Scapa Flow, Scotland | CPC]

• Submarine Golet was launched at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, sponsored by the wife of Senator Alexander Wiley. ww2dbase [Golet | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | CPC]
• USS Pennsylvania departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Pennsylvania | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

1 Aug 1943 Interactive Map