Allied aircraft attacked Japanese convoy destined for Mile Bay, New Guinea according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 27 August 1942

An item reported that a Japanese convoy underway to the Milne Bay, south east New Guinea was in the evening of 25 August attacked by Allied aircraft. The convoy included 3 light cruisers or destroyers, 2 gunboats (one probably sunk), 2 tankers and 2-8,000 tons transports (which were machine-gunned).

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 260 dated 27 August 1942.