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• USS Hoe searched for down American airmen in the Wake Island area. ww2dbase [Hoe | CPC]
• 17 US bombers attacked Vegesack, Bremen, Germany. Two B-24 bombers were lost, with pilot William Clifford's crew lost entirely and pilot John Buschman's crew mostly captured. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | CPC]
• After a complete replacement of the starboard reduction gear assembly, USS Bailey cleared Mare Island and departed San Francisco Bay bound for San Pedro, California. ww2dbase [Bailey | Mare Island Navy Yard | DS]

• Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Saufley, and USS Fletcher covered a convoy of LSTs unloading at Barakoma, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Saufley | Solomon Islands Campaign | Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Kimikaze", shot down a P-38 fighters and three B-24 bombers over Rangoon, Burma, increasing his score to 48. He was seriously wounded in combat. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Rangoon | CPC]

• Robert Johnson shot down a German Fw 190 aircraft over Lingen, Germany. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Lingen | CPC]
• Kurt Tank, designer of the Ta 152 aircraft, asked the German Air Ministry to give the development of Ta 152 priority; the request was denied. ww2dbase [Ta 152 | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the port facilities at Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Bremen | DS]

• USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Snook | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• USS Harder arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Harder | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan to escort carrier Ryuho to Singapore. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• Major General Charles Barrett died in the US military hospital at Nouméa, New Caledonia just three weeks after taking command of I Amphibious Corps. His predecessor, Major General Alexander Vandegrift, was hastily recalled to take over until a new corps commander could be appointed. ww2dbase [Nouméa | AC]

• British merchant ship Ocean Strength arrived at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom with a supply of iron ore and captured German Tiger I heavy tank "131". ww2dbase [PzKpfw VI Ausf. E 'Tiger I' | Glasgow, Scotland | CPC]

• USS Texas began escorting an Allied convoy from New York, New York, United States to Britain. ww2dbase [Texas | New York | CPC]
• Submarine USS Thresher departed Mare Island Naval Shipyard bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaiʻi. ww2dbase [Thresher | Vallejo, California | DS]

• Submarine USS Saury arrived at Midway. ww2dbase [Saury | Midway | DS]
• Submarine USS Spearfish departed Midway bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Midway | DS]

8 Oct 1943 Interactive Map