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• The USAAF bombed Emden, Germany, while 18 RAF Mosquito aircraft attacked Duisburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | CPC]
• Light carrier Ryuho departed Singapore. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]

• USS Ray departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

• 65th Bomb Squadron (flying B-24 aircraft) of USAAF 43rd Bomb Group and 80th Fighter Squadron (flying P-38 aircraft) of USAAF 8th Fighter Group were transferred from Port Moresby to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. ww2dbase [Dobodura Airfield | Dobodura | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Fourteen men of GROPAC-5 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• The Canadian attack in "The Gully" region in Italy was met with resistance, suffering heavy casualties. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | CPC]

• USS Pompon sank two small Japanese boats in the South China Sea with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Pompon | South China Sea | CPC]

11 Dec 1943 Interactive Map