30 Dec 1942
- Jules Bastin was named the commanding officer of Belgian Legion. ww2dbase [Jules Bastin | CPC]
- 6 Japanese fighters intercepted an air convoy from China to Lashio, Burma; one Japanese fighter was shot down by the escorting P-40 fighters. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Escort carriers USS Nassau and USS Altamaha escorted by cruisers USS St. Louis and HMS Achilles with destroyers USS Nicholas, USS McCalla, USS McCall, and USS Craven arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [ | McCall | St. Louis | Nicholas | DS]
- Comandante Cappellini detected an aircraft with Metox radar detector in the Atlantic Ocean at 0030 hours; she submerged to avoid detection. At 2020 hours, she made another Metox contact and again submerged. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]
- 7 B-17 bombers of US 43rd Bomb Group attacked Rabaul, New Britain at 0530 hours, sinking small cargo ship Tomiura Maru. The pilots reported 21 warships gathering in Simpson Harbor. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down a Blenheim aircraft over Meiktila, Burma, his 13th victory. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Meiktila | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the German submarine facilities at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | RAF Thurleigh | Lorient | DS]
- S-36 departed Mariveles bay, Philippine Islands for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [S-36 | Mariveles, Bataan | CPC]
- Allied convoy RA-51 departed Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. To the west, German submarine U-354 detected Allied convoy JW-51B; Admiral Erich Raeder ordered Lützow, Admiral Hipper, and six destroyers to sortie from Altafjord, Norway to intercept. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]
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