US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Trigger (SS‑237) sinks Japanese
merchant cargo ship Holland Maru close inshore near the mouth of Bungo
Suido, off Kyushu, 32°21'N, 132°04'E.
ATLANTIC—U.S. freighter Angelina, straggling from
New York-bound convoy ON 137, is torpedoed by German submarine U‑618 at
49°39'N, 30°20'W (see 18 October 1942).
U.S.
freighter Winona, torpedoed the day before by German submarine U‑160,
arrives at Port of Spain, Trinidad, under her own power.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
ELEVENTH AF—5 B‑24’s bomb Kiska Main Camp area and beached
vessel in Trout Lagoon. Results unobserved due to clouds. 1 B‑24 flying weather
reconnaissance finds no trace of 2 destroyers, confirming their sinking on 16
Oct.
US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—Bitter
fighting is in progress on Kokoda Trail at Eora Creek, where Japanese commit reinforcements.
Abel’s Field at Fasari, on upper Musa River near Mt Sapia, becomes operational.
Field is named for Cecil Abel, a missionary who constructed it with assistance
of native labor and equipment dropped by Fifth Air Force. First luggers reach
Wanigela and continue toward Pongani with men and supplies.
UNITED KINGDOM—Convoys for TORCH begin assembling at Firth
of Clyde.
US MARINE CORPS
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