US NAVY
PACIFIC—While en route to from French Frigate Shoals to
Midway, district patrol craft YP‑345 is lost without trace to unknown
causes, about 80 miles northeast of Laysan Island.
Submarine Grayback
(SS‑208) damages Japanese army cargo ship Noto Maru off Rabaul,
04°37'S, 152°30'E.
INDIAN OCEAN—South African naval forces board the forward
portion of U.S. freighter Anne Hutchinson, torpedoed and shelled by
German submarine U‑504 on 26 October 1942; British tug HMS David
Haigh tows the bow portion (the after part has sunk in the meantime) to
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—General Spaatz informs General Arnold that
operations against sub pens may prove too costly for results obtained.
Believing the pens impervious to normal high-altitude bombing, Spaatz plans to
operate as low as 4,000 ft and accept higher casualty rates.
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑25’s hit landing ground.
The Medium Bombers claim 1 fighter shot down while P‑40’s flying escort claim
3. B‑24’s sent to bomb Maleme dispersal area fail to locate target because of
overcast. 376th Bomb Group is activated at Lydda, replacing the 1st Provisional
Group. CO is Col George F McGuire, who had commanded 1st Provisional Group. The
376th is intended to become part of an Anglo-American air force to be sent to
the Caucasus to aid the USSR, but the plan falls through and the 376th remains
in the Middle East.
FIFTH AF—A‑20’s bomb and strafe Nauro and area to N. B‑25’s
strafe supply trucks SE of Gona. B‑17’s bomb shipping at Rabaul and in
Buin-Faisi-Tonolai area.
ELEVENTH AF—Weather and reconnaissance flight over Attu and
Kiska. Over Kiska, weather airplane draws AA fire from Little Kiska. No other
missions as all combat aircraft are alerted for possible navy target.
US ARMY
GUADALCANAL—1st Marine
Division completes preparations for offensive. 5th Marines and 2d Marines (—)
move into attack positions along the Matanikau. During night 31 October–1
November, Company E of 5th Marines crosses the Matanikau and outposts W bank,
and 1st Engr Battalion constructs 3 footbridges.
US MARINE CORPS
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