19 Jan 1943 | World War II Database

19 Jan 1943

USS Gar ended her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
Filipp Golikov was promoted to the rank of colonel general. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
USS Grampus completed her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Grampus | CPC]
Bruce Fraser was made a Grand Officer of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | CPC]
Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS O’Bannon, USS DeHaven, and USS Radford bombarded Japanese positions on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands at the direction of United States Marine ground forces. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Nicholas | DS]

Atlantic Ocean

USS Ranger launched 72 USAAF P-40F fighters off Casablanca, French Morocco to reinforce Allied forces fighting in North Africa. Ranger began withdrawing toward Norfolk, Virginia almost immediately. ww2dbase [Ranger | CPC]

Australian New Guinea

Japanese troops landed at Wewak, New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | Wewak | CPC]

Burma

Parkash Singh of Indian 14th Division daringly rescued wounded comrades on the Mayu Peninsula in Burma. For his, and similar deeds on 6 Jan 1943, he was to be awarded the Victoria Cross medal. ww2dbase [Arakan | CPC]
Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down two Hurricane fighters over Akyab (now Sittwe), Burma, his 17th and 18th victories. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Akyab | CPC]

Caroline Islands

Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Arashi at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

Hong Kong

Tatsuta Maru departed Hong Kong at 1300 hours with 1,180 men aboard, including 663 Canadian prisoners of war from the Sham Sui Po prisoner of war camp. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | CPC]

Japan

USS Haddock fired 4 torpedoes at a six-ship convoy, sinking a transport 5 miles southeast of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan with 2 hits. She was counterattacked by depth charges by aircraft. ww2dbase [Haddock | Shima, Mie | CPC]

Pacific Ocean

USS Pollack sank a Japanese cargo ship off Honshu, Japan with one of two torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
USS Wahoo transited Vitiaz Strait between New Guinea island and New Britain island. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Vitiaz Strait | CPC]
During her retirement toward Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i and while submerged at 120 feet, submarine USS Spearfish experienced considerable but minor damage when two aerial depth bombs exploded within 75 yards of the submarine. ww2dbase [Spearfish | DS]