7 Oct 1943
  • 98 captured Americans were executed on Wake Island on the orders of Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara as reprisal to a 5 Oct air raid. ww2dbase [TH]
  • RAF aircraft bombed Stuttgart, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
  • The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Chevalier was sunk by a torpedo fired from the USS La Vallette following severe damage inflicted during an engagement with Japanese destroyers fought on the previous day off Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | AC]
  • Joseph Stilwell met with the newly arrived Louis Mountbatten in Delhi, India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
  • German submarine U-703 rescued survivors of sunken Russian freighter Dekabrist. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | CPC]
  • John Reed was named the commanding officer of USS S-41, relieving Lieutenant Irvin Hartman. ww2dbase [S-41 | CPC]
France Hawaii Italy Marshall Islands
  • Submarine USS Tinosa shelled a radio station on Alet Island with her 3-inch deck gun. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Alet Island | DS]
Pacific Ocean
  • USS S-44 opened fire with her deck gun on escort vessel Ishigaki, mistaking her for an unarmed civilian cargo ship. She was sunk by returning gunfire. Only two survived. ww2dbase [S-44 | CPC]
  • Harold Stromsoe was killed aboard USS S-44 as the submarine was sunk by Japanese escort vessel Ishigaki. ww2dbase [Harold Stromsoe | CPC]
  • Francis Brown was killed aboard USS S-44 as the submarine was sunk by Japanese escort vessel Ishigaki. ww2dbase [Francis Brown | CPC]
United Kingdom
  • Air Commodore Andrew James Wray Geddes, a First World War RFC pilot who was now in command of the three airfields in 12 Base, made the first Lancaster bomber landing at the newly built RAF Kelstern in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. A week later No. 625 Squadron (formed from C-flight of No. 100 Squadron) relocated from nearby RAF Grimsby. ww2dbase [Andrew Geddes | Waltham, England | AC]
US Pacific Islands

7 Oct 1943 Interactive Map




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