28 Aug 1943
British Western Pacific Territories



British Western Pacific Territories
- Two US Corsair fighter squadrons attacked Kahili Airfield in Buin, Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Lieutenant Al Jensen of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214, flying a Corsair fighter, was credited with destroying 24 Japanese planes on the ground during this mission. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Kahili Airfield | Buin, Bougainville | CPC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze departed Truk, Caroline Islands to escort carrier Taiyo to Japan. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Truk | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for cruiser Kumano at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw shifted from Berth B-17 to Drydock No. 3 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Shaw | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- The imprisoned Mussolini was moved from the island of Maddalena off Sardinia to Lake Bracciano by seaplane, then by car to the Hotel Campo Imperatore (aka. Albergo Refugio) at Gran Sasso. ww2dbase [Operation Eiche | CPC]
- Eleanor Roosevelt arrived at Wellington, New Zealand. ww2dbase [Eleanor Roosevelt | Wellington | CPC]
- Eight of the ten sections USS ABSD-1 began to be towed from San Francisco, California, United States for the South Pacific. ww2dbase [ABSD-1 | San Francisco, California | CPC]
- USS Dorado was commissioned into service, Lieutenant Commander Earle Caffrey Schneider in command. ww2dbase [Dorado | CPC]
- SS Antoine Saugrain was transferred to the United States War Shipping Administration. ww2dbase [Antoine Saugrain | CPC]




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