19 Jan 1943


- USS Ranger launched USAAF P-40 aircraft off Accra, Gold Coast to reinforce Allied forces fighting in North Africa. ww2dbase [Ranger | CPC]
- USS Gar ended her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- Filipp Golikov was promoted to the rank of colonel general. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
- USS Grampus completed her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Grampus | CPC]
- Bruce Fraser was made a Grand Officer of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | CPC]
- Japanese troops landed at Wewak, New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | Wewak | CPC]
- Parkash Singh of Indian 14th Division daringly rescued wounded comrades on the Mayu Peninsula in Burma. For his, and similar deeds on 6 Jan 1943, he was to be awarded the Victoria Cross medal. ww2dbase [Arakan | CPC]
- Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down two Hurricane fighters over Akyab (now Sittwe), Burma, his 17th and 18th victories. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Akyab | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Arashi at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- Tatsuta Maru departed Hong Kong at 1300 hours with 1,180 men aboard, including 663 Canadian prisoners of war from the Sham Sui Po prisoner of war camp. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | CPC]
- USS Haddock fired 4 torpedoes at a six-ship convoy, sinking a transport 5 miles southeast of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan with 2 hits. She was counterattacked by depth charges by aircraft. ww2dbase [Haddock | Shima, Mie | CPC]
- USS Pollack sank a Japanese cargo ship off Honshu, Japan with one of two torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
- USS Wahoo transited Vitiaz Strait between New Guinea island and New Britain island. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Vitiaz Strait | CPC]



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