Allied medium bombers attacked Japanese naval force in the Banda Sea according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 2 August 1942

An item reported that 7 Allied medium bombers attacked in the Banda Sea, Dutch East Indies a small Japanese naval force probably hitting a cruiser one time.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No.235 dated 2 August 1942.