FRI 29 SEP 1944
Pacific
Submarine Narwhal (SS-167) evacuates 81 Allied POWs who had survived the loss of Japanese transport Shinyo Maru (sunk by submarine Paddle (SS-263) on 7 September) from Sindangan Bay, Mindanao.
Submarine Skate (SS-305) sinks Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Hoei Maru and army cargo ship Ekisan Maru off Yoron Jima, 27°14'N, 128°25'E.
Japanese guardboat Riki Maru is sunk by mine off Kota Bharu, Malaya.
Atlantic
PB4Ys (VP 107) sink German submarine U-863, South Atlantic, 10°45'S, 25°30'W.
U.S. freighter Edward H. Crockett, while proceeding from Archangel to Scotland in convoy RA 60, is torpedoed by German submarine U-310 at 73°00'N, 24°32'E; irreparably damaged, the freighter is scuttled by gunfire from a British destroyer. While there are no casualties to the 27-man Armed Guard, one of the 41-man merchant complement perishes in the explosion of the first torpedo.
Mediterranean
Motor torpedo boat PT-310 is mistakenly strafed by RAF Beaufighter off southern France.
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