9 Jan 1943 | World War II Database

9 Jan 1943

USS Gar reported hitting a Japanese ship with two of three torpedoes fired, causing damage. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
USS Nicholas departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides to rendezvous with the damaged USS Minneapolis and escort the cruiser back to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Minneapolis | Nicholas | DS]

Australia

Douglas MacArthur arrived at Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
George Kenney arrived at Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [George Kenney | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]

Fiji

USS New Mexico departed Suva, Fiji to escort carriers which were sailing toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Suva | CPC]

Pacific Ocean

Submarine USS Spearfish made her fifth sighting of the properly marked hospital ship over the previous three weeks. The ship was allowed to pass. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Bismarck Sea | DS]

Panama Canal Zone

USS S-43 arrived at Coco Solo, Colón, Panama Canal Zone (now Cativá, Panama). ww2dbase [S-43 | Colón | CPC]

Poland

In the early afternoon, Czech prisoner Georg Zahradka or Zacharatka escaped from Auschwitz I concentration camp, but was captured by midnight near watchtower 26. He was executed on 14 Jan 1943. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
German SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler visited Warsaw, Poland, and ordered that 8,000 Jewish inhabitants be deported from the ghetto. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Warsaw | CPC]

United States

Commandeered for USAAF service as the C-69, the Lockheed Model L-049 Constellation aircraft made its first flight from Burbank, California, United States to nearby Muroc Army Air Field. ww2dbase [C-69 Constellation | Burbank Lockheed Aircraft Factory | Burbank, California | AC]
Submarine Seahorse was launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, sponsored by the wife of Chester C. Smith. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Seahorse | Vallejo, California | CPC]