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• British submarine HMS Unique (Lieutenant Robert Evelyn Boddington) disappeared while on patrol in the Bay of Biscay west of France. Her loss would be officially announced by the Admiralty on 6 Dec 1942. ww2dbase [AC]

• USS S-28 detected an unidentified target which was presumed to be Japanese. As she prepared for an attack, a ground in her fire control circuits caused an accidental firing from the No. 1 tube, thus prematurely ending the attack. She arrived in Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska that afternoon and then departed for San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• 7 Australian PBY Catalina aircraft attacked Rabaul, New Britain at 0330 hours. At 0400 hours, 18 US B-17 Flying Fortress bombers attacked Rabaul's Simpson harbor while 3 B-17 bombers attacked nearby Lakunai airfield. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Minegumo at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• From Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany, Sigmund Rascher reported his findings from experiments involving putting concentration camp prisoners in full flight suits and placing them in freezing conditions, concluding that the warming of the subjects' heads and necks were vital for the subjects' survival. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
• German government increased rations by 10% for all foreign workers. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Pollack departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• The major Axis air offensive against Malta began. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]

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