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• German officer Georg Jantschi voluntarily surrendered to the Soviets. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Nicholas arrived at Efate, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• TBF-1 Avengers and F4F-4 Wildcats from escort carrier USS Card attacked German submarine U-664 in the mid-Atlantic using 500-pound bombs, depth charges, and machine gun fire. The submarine was crippled and began to sink. Seven or eight of her crew were killed (sources differ) and 44 abandon ship. Once darkness fell, seven hours after the attack, one of Card’s escorts, destroyer USS Borie, picked up all 44 survivors. During the recovery operation, Borie’s log reported five different torpedo wakes passing close aboard the ship. The U-664 survivors would be transferred to USS Card the following day. ww2dbase [Card | F4F Wildcat | TBF Avenger | Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | DS]

• A party of German officers departed Rabaul, New Britain. They had inspected Japanese facilities and spoke to American prisoners of war prior to their departure. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• The main body of the Japanese Southeast Detached Force was moved to Kolombangara, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Elsewhere on New Georgia, the two groups of the American New Georgia Occupation Force (Northern Landing Group and Southern Landing Group) made contact at a roadblock southwest of Triri. Also on New Georgia, a light anti-aircraft artillery battery of the US Marine Corps 11th Defense Battalion arrived at Enogai. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | New Georgia | CPC]

• Winston Churchill arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada aboard the passenger liner Queen Mary. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | Halifax, Nova Scotia | CPC]
• USS Ranger arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia. ww2dbase [Ranger | Halifax, Nova Scotia | DS]

• Dong Zhao was named the Deputy Commander of the Border Region of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Suiyuan under General Deng Baoshan. ww2dbase [Dong Zhao | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Fighting Squadron 23 (VF-23; Model F6F-3) on board. SBD-5's and TBF-1's of Air Group 23 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• Nobutake Kondo was appointed to the Japanese Supreme War Council. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | CPC]

• Destroyer USS Saufley and oiler USS Cache arrived at Efate, New Hebrides. Saufley departed later that day escorting attack transport USS Hunter Liggett bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Efate | DS]

• USS Alabama arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [Alabama | Norfolk Navy Yard | Portsmouth, Virginia | CPC]

• USS Tunny arrived at Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Tunny | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]

9 Aug 1943 Interactive Map