6 Dec 1942
- USS Hoe was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander B. C. Folger in command. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- 47 British Ventura aircraft bombed Eindhoven, the Netherlands; 9 bombers were lost. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Kamoi departed Jaluit, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Two transports arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Of the 811 Jews from the Netherlands, 16 were registered in the camp and 795 were gassed. Of the about 2,500 Jews from the Mlawa ghetto, 406 were registered in the camp and around 2,094 were gassed. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
- 58th Fighter Squadron of USAAF 33rd Fighter Group, flying P-40 fighters, was ordered to go to Telepte, Tunisia. It would become the first US squadron in Tunisia in the war. ww2dbase [CPC]
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