US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Amberjack (SS‑219) damages
Japanese transport Tenryu Maru and auxiliary Tonan Maru off
Kavieng, 02°36'S, 150°48'E.
Submarine Seadragon
(SS‑194) sinks Japanese transport Shigure Maru off Samarinda,
Borneo, 01°01'S, 117°22'E.
Submarine Wahoo
(SS‑238) sinks Japanese collier Kamoi Maru off Bougainville,
Solomons.
Japanese
submarine chaser Ch 14 is damaged by planes (USAAF B‑24s and B‑17s,
accompanied by P‑38s, bomb shipping in Trout Lagoon and off South Head) off
Kiska, Aleutians.
U.S.
tanker Camden, torpedoed by Japanese submarine I‑25 on 4 October
1942, catches fire and sinks off the mouth of the Columbia River,
46°46'38"N, 124°31'15"W.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s bomb shipping and dock
area at Bengasi, while B‑25’s hit landing grounds.
FIFTH AF—B‑17’s pound Rabaul and nearby Lakunai airfield. A‑20’s
hit target along Buna-Kokoda trail and, with P‑ 400’s, strike villages in area
of Asisi and Sanananda.
ELEVENTH AF—10 B‑24’s, 7 B‑17’s, and 4 P‑38’s fly 4
missions to Kiska. Third mission (3 B‑17’s) does not make contact. The others
bomb and strafe Main Camp area, hit shipping in Trout Lagoon and off South
Head, where gun positions and installations are also blasted. Fires are started
in the Main Camp and hangar areas.
US ARMY
GUADALCANAL—In
anticipation of enemy counteroffensive, marines strengthen defense positions and
patrol aggressively. 3 Battalions of 1st and 7th Marines plus elements of
Special Weapons Company take responsibility for E bank of the Matanikau, where
permanent positions are established at river mouth. By this time, 12 P–39’s of
67th Fighter Squadron are at Henderson Field. B–17’s are occasionally staging through
the field.
NEW GUINEA—Main body of 2d Battalion, 126th Infantry, U.S.
32d Division, with supporting units, leaves Kalikodobu on foot for Jaure.
US MARINE CORPS
—
No comments:
Post a Comment