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• The US Marine Corps 9th Defense Battalion departed Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi completed the repair work for escort carrier Taiyo at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• German Type IXC U-Boat U-505 departed at Lorient, France on her fourth patrol to the northern coast of South America. ww2dbase [U-505 | Loirent, Bretagne | DS]

• A US Navy PBY-5A aircraft became the first aircraft to land at Bluie West Four in western Greenland. ww2dbase [Bluie West Four | South Greenland | CPC]

• The British commando raid on Sark in the Channel Islands resulted in one prisoner. ww2dbase [Sark | TH]

• The Headquarters Squadron, Marine Aircraft Wing, Pacific of the United States Marine Corps arrived at Ewa Marine Corps Air Station near Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Ewa Marine Corps Air Station | Kapolei, Oahu | CPC]

• USS S-44 attacked a destroyer, claiming a sinking with 3 hits out of 4 torpedoes fired; she suffered damage from an intense depth charge counterattack. ww2dbase [S-44 | CPC]
• USS S-41 fired four torpedoes at a Japanese patrol craft in waters off the Ellice Islands; all four torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [S-41 | CPC]

• German XIV Panzer Korps attacked the Stalingrad Tractor Factory in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad Tractor Factory | Stalingrad | TH]
• Ivan Isakov was seriously injured by German air raid in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, which resulted in the amputation of his foot. ww2dbase [Ivan Isakov | Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai | CPC]

4 Oct 1942 Interactive Map