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• One of the crewman aboard USS S-28 developed severe appendicitis, causing the submarine to turn toward the Aleutian Islands one day ahead of schedule. ww2dbase [S-28 | CPC]
• Franco ordered the 250th Spanish "Blue" Division back to Spain from Wehrmacht service. A few thousand disobeyed this order and remain behind attached to either the 121.Infanterie Division or the Waffen-SS. ww2dbase [TH]
• Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Saeki, Japan. ww2dbase [Ryuho | CPC]
• U-23 began her twelfth war patrol. ww2dbase [U-23 | CPC]

• US 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron successfully took photos of Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Gato-class submarine USS Silversides made a refueling stop at Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands before continuing on toward her patrol area. ww2dbase [Silversides | Tulagi, Solomon Islands | DS]

• Chiang Kaishek officially assumed his position as the Chairman of the Nationalist Government, making him the head of state of China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Surabaya, Java. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Surabaya, Java | CPC]

• Robert Johnson shot down a German Bf 110 aircraft and a Fw 190 aircraft over Münster, Germany. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Münster | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the rail facilities at Coesfeld, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Coesfeld | DS]

• Prince Morihiro married Shigeko, the Princess Teru, the oldest daughter of Emperor Showa. ww2dbase [Morihiro | CPC]

• USS Grayback damaged a Japanese transport in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Grayback | CPC]

• N. A. Rozanov was named the Soviet counterintelligence agency GUKR SMERSH's chief within the 2nd Byelorussian Front. ww2dbase [CPC]

10 Oct 1943 Interactive Map