30 Dec 1943

- Subhas Chandra Bose declared an independent India at Port Blair, Andaman Islands; his Azad Hind government was heavily reliant on Japan. ww2dbase [Subhash Chandra Bose | CPC]
- 10 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron RAF and 6 Mosquito aircraft attacked a German V-1 flying bomb launch site but failed to destroy it. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | CPC]
- USS S-35 arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, ending her seventh and final war patrol. ww2dbase [S-35 | Unalaska | CPC]
- Two missions were planned against Rabaul, New Britain. The fighter sweep mission was canceled due to poor weather, but the bombing raids proceeded as planned. 20 B-24 bombers escorted by 20 F4U and 20 F6F fighters dropped 70 1,000-pound bombs. At least one B-24 bomber was shot down by the Japanese. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Saufley escorted two LSTs from Guadalcanal to Vila, Kolombangara where the LSTs loaded more cargo. Saufley then escorted the LSTs to the rendezvous point to meet a larger supply convoy bound for Bougainville. ww2dbase [Saufley | Kolombangara, Solomon Islands | DS]
- Robert Johnson shot down a German Fw 190D aircraft over Soissons, France. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Soissons, Picardy | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Ludwigshafen | DS]
- USS Bluefish sank a Japanese oiler southwest of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, hitting her with 5 of 5 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Bluefish | Java Sea | CPC]
- Allied convoy JW-55B arrived at Arkhangelsk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Arkhangelsk | CPC]
- Submarine USS Thresher departed Midway on her eleventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Thresher | Midway | DS]


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