Sunday, October 28, 2018

Aleutian Grounding

THU 28 OCT 1943
Pacific
District patrol craft YP-88 sinks after running aground off Cape Amchitka, Aleutians.

Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks Japanese fleet oiler Koryu Maru, 12°54'N, 134°06'E.

Atlantic
Aircraft (VC 1) from escort carrier Block Island (CVE-21) sink German submarine U-220 east of Newfoundland, 48°53'N, 33°30'W. U-256 is attacked at the same time, but escapes unharmed (see 31 October 1943).

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