Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Subs, Planes, Pacific

SAT 3 OCT 1942
Pacific
SBDs (VS 71, VMSB 141, VMSB 231, VS 3) and TBFs (VT 8) from Henderson Field attack Japanese supply convoy en route to Guadalcanal, damaging seaplane carrier Nisshin.

Submarine Greenling (SS-213) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Kinkai Maru, 38°46'N, 142°02'E.

Submarine Trout (SS-202) is damaged by Japanese aerial bomb off Truk, forcing the submarine to end her patrol.

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