Naval Air Ferry Command Est'd.

DECEMBER

WED 1 DEC 1943

VRF-1 "Stork" Insignia, 1943-45.

Naval Air Ferry Command is established.

Pacific
Submarine Bonefish (SS-223) sinks Japanese transport Nichiryo Maru in Celebes Sea, 01°02'N, 120°52'E.

Submarine Pargo (SS-264) sinks Japanese transport Shoko Maru north of Ulithi, 14°24'N, 140°40'E.

Submarine Peto (SS-265) sinks Truk-bound Japanese transport Konei Maru 01°16'N, 146°45'E, and escapes countermeasures by torpedo boat Otori.

USAAF B-24s pound Japanese installations at Wewak; amid heavy damage small cargo vessel No.16 Yoshitomo Maru is sunk.

USAAF B-25s bomb Taikoo dockyard, Hong Kong, damaging Japanese transport Teiren Maru (ex-Vichy French Gouverneur General A. Varenne). Subsequently, the ship is written off as a total loss.