THU 5 NOV 1942
Mediterranean
British submarine HMS Seraph, under the temporary command of U.S. Navy Captain Jerauld Wright, embarks General Giraud and a party of French officers in the Gulf of Lyons [sic] . The general will transfer to a Catalina on the 7th for further transportation to Gibraltar.
Atlantic
PBY (VP 84) sinks German submarine U-408 off Iceland, 67°40'N, 18°32'W.
U.S. tanker Meton, enroute to Cienfuegos, Cuba, in convoy TAG 18, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-129 at 12°25'N, 69°20'W; one merchant seaman dies in the attack. Dutch motor torpedo boat MTB 23 rescues the survivors (37 merchant seamen and the 12-man Armed Guard).
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