US NAVY
PACIFIC—SBDs (VS 71, VMSB 141, VMSB 231, VS 3) and TBFs (VT
8) from Henderson Field attack Japanese supply convoy en route to Guadalcanal,
damaging seaplane carrier Nisshin.
Submarine Greenling
(SS‑213) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kinkai Maru, 38°46'N,
142°02'E.
Submarine Trout
(SS‑202) is damaged by Japanese aerial bomb off Truk, forcing the submarine
to end her patrol.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s attack shipping in
Pylos Bay during 3/4 Oct. The Heavy Bombers claim 2 fighters shot down.
TENTH AF—India Air Task Force is activated at Dinjan to support Chinese
resistance along Salween River by hitting supply lines in C and S Burma. The
new task force, command by Col Caleb V Haynes, includes all AAF combat units in
India— the 7th and 341st Bomb and 51st Fighter Groups.
FIFTH AF—A‑20’s bomb and strafe Efogi and Myola Lake, P‑40’s
strafe Efogi-Buna trail, B‑25’s hit bridge at Wairopi, and a lone B‑17 bombs
camp on Kumusi River.
ELEVENTH AF—6 B‑24’s, 4 P‑38’s, and 8 P‑39’s bomb and
strafe 7 vessels in and around Kiska Harbor hitting a beached cargo vessel and
the camp. The fighters down 6 float fighters attempting interception. Enemy
bombs Adak airfield but inflicts no damage.
US ARMY
INDIA—India
Air Task Force is activated in upper Assam under Brigadier General Caleb V.
Haynes to protect the India end of the Hump ferry route.
USSR—On Caucasian front, Army Group A captures
Elkhotovo, within 7 miles of Darg Kokh. Fierce fighting continues in Stalingrad
area.
US MARINE CORPS
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