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• Himmler ordered the destruction of the last major Ukrainian ghetto in Pinsk. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | CPC]
• A second conference on the sterilization of undesirable peoples took place in Germany. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Heavy fighting was observed at "Woodcock" and "Snipe" positions in Egypt. ww2dbase [Second Battle of El Alamein | CPC]
• USS S-31 patrolled the waters off Paramushiro Island, Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [S-31 | CPC]
• 9 Chinese A-29 Hudson light bombers attacked Japanese positions at Yungcheng, Shanxi, China; the 12 escorting Chinese P-43 fighters destroyed one Japanese aircraft on the ground. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Destroyer USS Saufley departed New York bound for Norfolk, Virginia. ww2dbase [Saufley | DS]

• Leonardo da Vinci sighted a small ship in the Atlantic Ocean at 1957 hours, but was unable to keep up with her speed. At 2132 hours, she intercepted a distress message from British ship Palma. ww2dbase [Leonardo da Vinci | CPC]

• Submarine USS Saury departed Sydney, Australia bound for Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Sydney | DS]

• Tenryu arrived at Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Flying Fish | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]

• USS Hornet (Yorktown-class) was lost during the naval Battle of Santa Cruz. ww2dbase [Hornet (Yorktown-class) | Solomon Islands Campaign | TH]
• USS Whale patrolled the waters south of Bungo Channel between the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
• About 100 miles north of Hollandia, New Guinea (now Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia), submarine USS Spearfish encountered a Japanese cargo ship escorted by one destroyer. Spearfish attempted to gain an advantageous position but was detected by the destroyer and had to break off the attack. ww2dbase [Spearfish | DS]
• Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo transferred his flag from destroyer Arashi to carrier Zuikaku at 1332 hours. Zuikaku, with Junyo in escort, set sail for Truk. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | Junyo | Zuikaku | CPC]

27 Oct 1942 Interactive Map