At 5PM Eastern Time, the 43rd Bombardment Group executed its mission of bombing the Japanese Airfield, the prior convoy interdiction by 8th Fighters proved successful as the Japanese were unable to recover from the bombing weeks prior. In a dogfight, one P-38 was shot down, while another was lost in an air-accident.
Casualties and Losses:
- x5 Zeros,
- x2 P-38s
