3 Nov 1944
- USS Gar began her fourteenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- USS Snook rescued a downed American airman in the Pacific Ocean. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
- USS Pintado fired six torpedoes at a Japanese carrier off the Philippine Islands, but hit escorting destroyer Akikaze instead, damaging but not failing to sink the destroyer. ww2dbase [Pintado | CPC]
- Filipp Golikov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the third time. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was awarded the Order of Red Banner for the first time. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | CPC]
- USS Nicholas arrived at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]
- Off Akmenrags, Latvia, ShCh-307 attacked a merchant ship at 2157 hours and another at 2213 hours; all four torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [ShCh-307 | CPC]
- William Halsey personally inspected USS Franklin at Ulithi, Caroline Islands; she was the first major American ship to be damaged by "kamikaze" special attacks. ww2dbase [Franklin | William Halsey | Ulithi | CPC]
- USS Alabama departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Alabama | Ulithi | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands and joined TG 38.4. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Ulithi | DS]
- Slovakian resistance leaders Rudolf Viest and Ján Golian were captured in Pohronsky Bukovec, Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [Slovak National Uprising | Pohronsky Bukovec | CPC]
- Test pilot Erich Klöckner manned the prototype BP20 M1 for a successful gliding test at Neuburg an der Donau, Germany. ww2dbase [Ba 349 Natter | Neuburg an der Donau, Schwaben | CPC]
- Fw 190 prototype aircraft V21 completed its rebuilding as the first Ta 152C prototype. ww2dbase [Ta 152 | Fw 190 Würger | CPC]
- The Japanese commenced the Fu-Go balloon bomb campaign against the continental United States and Canada. The balloons employed an altitude-keeping device which kept them in the prevailing west-east wind. The balloon would crash on arrival over the US where its small bombload of incendiary bombs would then detonate. ww2dbase [Japanese Attacks on the Continental United States | Fu-Go | Ichinomiya, Chiba | AC]
- Submarines USS Silversides, USS Salmon, USS Trigger, and USS Sterlet arrived at Saipan. ww2dbase [Sterlet | Trigger | Silversides | Salmon | Saipan | DS]
- USS Cero disembarked 15 tons of supplies and 16 troops north of Manila, Philippine Islands and took on four evacuees. ww2dbase [Cero | CPC]
- After repairs, damaged cruiser Kumano made some test runs off Manila, reaching a maximum speed of 15 knots. ww2dbase [Kumano | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | DS]
- Boris Shaposhnikov was awarded his second Order of the Red Banner. ww2dbase [Boris Shaposhnikov | CPC]
- Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the fourth time. ww2dbase [Semyon Timoshenko | CPC]
- Georgy Zhukov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the second time. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the fifth time. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]
- Kirill Meretskov was awarded his third Order of Red Banner. ww2dbase [Kirill Meretskov | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Takao, Taiwan at 1500 hours to assist the damaged Atlas Maru of convoy MOMA-06. ww2dbase [Stewart | Takao | CPC]

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