11 Oct 1943


- Light carrier Ryuho departed Saeki, Japan for Singapore. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
- USS Skipjack attacked a Japanese transport in the North Pacific; all four torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Skipjack | CPC]
- Neel Kearby led a fighter sweep over Wewak, Australian New Guinea; his flight shot down several Japanese aircraft, including one carrying Lieutenant Colonel Tamiji Teranishi, commanding officer of 14th Flying Brigade. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Wewak | CPC]
- US 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron successfully took photos of Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- 13 Beaufighter aircraft of 30 Squadron RAAF from Goodenough Island and 2 squadrons of US 38th Bomb Group arrived at Dobodura Airfield in Australian Squadron in preparation of a planned strike on Rabaul, New Britain on the next day. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Dobodura Airfield | Dobodura | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Jakarta, Java. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Jakarta, Java | CPC]
- U-821 was commissioned into service with Ludwig Fabricius in command; she was assigned to the 4th Submarine Flotilla. ww2dbase [U-821 | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived at Oahu, Hawaii and for the next month conducted air training operations out of Pearl Harbor. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | J. J. Clark | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- USS Wahoo was sunk by Japanese anti-submarine aircraft in Soya Strait (La Pérouse Strait) between Hokkaido and Karafuto (Sakhalin), Japan. All aboard, including commanding officer Dudley Morton, were killed. ww2dbase [Dudley Morton | Soya Strait | CPC]
- Vern Skjonsby was killed aboard USS Wahoo when the submarine was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the La Pérouse Strait north of Hokkaido, Japan. ww2dbase [Verne Skjonsby | La Pérouse Strait | CPC]
- USS Wahoo was sunk by Japanese anti-submarine aircraft in Soya Strait (La Pérouse Strait) between Hokkaido and Karafuto (Sakhalin), Japan. All aboard, including commanding officer Dudley Morton, were killed. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Soya Strait | CPC]



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