17 Jan 1944
Australian New Guinea
Australian New Guinea
- US aircraft attacked Rabaul, New Britain. The Japanese shot down 8 P-38, 1 F6F, 1 F4U, 1 SBD, and 1 TBF aircraft. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- US 45th Fighter Squadron, flying P-40 fighters, was transferred from Baker Island of Ellice Islands to Makin, Gilbert Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
- British X Corps attacked the western end of the German Gustav Line in Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH, CPC]
- An Italian motor torpedo boat raid on Allied-held Naples, Italy was aborted. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Shokaku departed Yokosuka, Japan to join Zuikaku in the Inland Sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho entered the drydocks at Innoshima, Hiroshima, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- USS Whale claimed sinking a Japanese freighter in the Philippine Sea, hiting her with 3 of 9 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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