5 Jan 1944
Australian New Guinea

Australian New Guinea
- The first land-based (Bougainville) SBD and TBF aircraft raid on Rabaul, New Britain was cancelled due to weather. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Hansjürgen Reinicke was named the commanding officer of German cruiser Prinz Eugen. ww2dbase [Prinz Eugen | CPC]
- 358 RAF aircraft (348 Lancaster and 10 Halifax) attacked Stettin, Germany, while 28 Mosquito aircraft attacked five other cities (13 against Berlin) in diversion; 16 aircraft were lost. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Stettin, Pommern | CPC]
- Robert Johnson shot down a German Fw 190 aircraft over Koblenz, Germany. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Koblenz | CPC]
- USS Alabama departed Efate Island, New Hebrides Islands. ww2dbase [Alabama | Port Havannah, Efate | CPC]
- USS Scorpion made rendezvous with USS Herring in the East China Sea, but the planned transfer of an injured sailor from Scorpion to Herring did not take place due to heavy seas. Some time after this date, she was lost, presumed mined in the Yellow Sea. ww2dbase [Scorpion | East China Sea | CPC]
- USS Bluefish attacked a Japanese transport in the South China Sea; all 3 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Bluefish | South China Sea | CPC]
- Bruce Fraser was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | CPC]
- Petrof Bay was launched at the Kaiser Shipbuilding Co., Vancouver, Washington, United States. ww2dbase [Petrof Bay | Vancouver, Washington | CPC]


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