29 Nov 1943



- USS Cod attacked Japanese merchant ships but was not able to observe the results. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
- The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, was held in Jajce to determine the post-war ordering of the country. ww2dbase [CPC]
- 21 RAF Mosquito aircraft attacked Bochum, Cologne, and Düsseldorf in Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | CPC]
- The Japanese ship, Suez Maru, carrying troops as well as 200 Japanese, 422 British, and 127 Dutch sick and wounded, was torpedoed by submarine USS Bonefish in the Java sea. Many were trapped in the holds and drowned, but others take to the water. A Japanese minesweeper in escort picked up nearly 300 of its own nationals but left between 200 and 250 Allied prisoners threshing in the sea. The minesweeper then began shooting the defenceless swimmers. Of the 549 British and Dutch prisoners, there was only one survivor, Kenneth Thomas, who was picked up twenty-four hours later by an Australian ship. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Rock completed a journey down the Mississippi River and arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. ww2dbase [Rock | CPC]
- USS Snook fired a total of 26 torpedoes at a Japanese convoy over a three hour period; 9 torpedoes hit, sinking Japanese passenger ship Yamafuku Maru and cargo ship Shiganoura Maru and damaging one escort vessel off the Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
- Hornet (Essex-class) was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Hornet (Essex-class) | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Ryunosuke Kusaka was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy 11th Air Fleet. ww2dbase [Ryunosuke Kusaka | CPC]
- USS Pompon departed Fremantle, Australia for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Pompon | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
- USS New Mexico departed the Gilbert Islands. ww2dbase [New Mexico | CPC]
- On completion of dockyard work at Tyne, England, United Kingdom, HMS CUMBERLAND carried out post refit trials in North Sea. ww2dbase [Cumberland | DS]
- Gao Youxin, leading P-43A fighters of Chinese 21st Pursuit Squadron based in En-shih Airfield, escorted a supply run by P-40M fighters with drop tanks full of rifle ammunition for Changde, Hunan Province, China. During this mission, Gao veered off to attack a flight of Ki-43 bombers of Japanese 25th Sentai, claiming one shot down northeast of the village of Hanshou. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Changde, Hunan | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Two men of CASU-34 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- British troops captured Mezzagrogna and Santa Maria in Italy. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | Abruzzo | CPC]
- American B-29 bombers attacked the Nakajima factory outside Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | Tokyo | TH]
- USS Mingo entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States for overhaul. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Mingo | Vallejo, California | CPC]




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