Saturday, October 20, 2018

Friendly Fire From Above

WED 20 OCT 1943
Pacific
Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese transport Tsunushima Maru between Truk and Kavieng, 01°26'N, 148°36'E.

Submarine Kingfish (SS-234) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Sana Maru off Banbon Bay, French Indochina, 12°36'N, 109°30'E.

Atlantic
Aircraft (VC 13) from escort carrier Core (CVE-13), escorting convoy UGS 20, sink German submarine U-378 north of the Azores, 47°40'N, 28°27'W.

Destroyer Cowie (DD-632) is damaged in collision with U.S. steamship Craigsmere in New York Harbor.

Mediterranean
USAAF B-25s and RAF Beaufighters attack German convoys north of Crete, sinking transport Sinfra which, unbeknownst to the attackers, is transporting POWs.

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