10 Feb 1943


- The German Central Construction Office (Bauleitung) reported that it could not meet the deadline for the construction of Crematorium II at Auschwitz Concentration Camp due to the fact that, of the 500 masons requested, only 30 were available. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- Yekaterina Budanova shot down a Fw 190 aircraft over Rostov on Don, Russia, sharing the credit with other pilots. ww2dbase [Yekaterina Budanova | CPC]
- The US Liberty ship Starr King was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-21, 150 miles east of Sydney, Australia. By the time that the Australian destroyer HMAS Warramunga arrived in the early afternoon, Starr King was awash from her bridge aft and her crew had abandoned ship, but they re-boarded when Warramunga tried to take the 7,176-ton vessel in tow. ww2dbase [AC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze departed Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands to escort damaged destroyer Maikaze to Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | CPC]
- The British Admiralty officially announced the loss of submarine HMS Utmost, sunk by Italian gunboat Groppo off Sicily, Italy on 25 Nov 1942. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pollack | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho completed her repairs and exited the drydock at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Ryuho | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]



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