13 Oct 1944




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- USS Mingo arrivedat Fremantle, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
- The A7M2 Reppu fighter, equipped with the Ha-43 engine, took its first flight. ww2dbase [A7M Reppu | CPC]
- USS Bergall sank a Japanese transport 10 kilometers east of Cam Rahn Bay, French Indochina, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Bergall | Cam Ranh | CPC]
- German forces abandoned Athens, Greece and, on the same date, left Rethymno in Northern Crete, retiring unharrassed to the region around Canea in the north west of the island. ww2dbase [Athens | AC]
- Submarine USS Thresher entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard for a major overhaul and refit. ww2dbase [Thresher | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]
- Salaspils Concentration Camp near Riga, Latvia ceased operations. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Salaspils | CPC]
- German Armeegruppe Nord withdrew to the Kurland (Latvian: Courland) pocket in western Latvia. ww2dbase [TH]
- USS Permit sank a Japanese patrol craft off Truk, Caroline Islands, hitting her with 1 of torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Permit | CPC]
- USS Miami operated off Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Miami | CPC]
- USS Franklin launched strikes against Tainan, Taiwan. A Japanese special attack aircraft caused light damage to the flight deck. ww2dbase [Franklin | Tainan | CPC]
- Carrier aircraft from USS Lexington attacked the rail marshaling yard at Shinei District (now Xinying District), Tainan, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Lexington (Essex-class) | Tainan | CPC]
- US Navy carrier aircraft attacked Shinchiku Airfield in Shinchiku (now Hsinchu), Taiwan, destroying 4 hangars, 8 shops, and 2 barracks. ww2dbase [Shinchiku Airfield | Shinchiku | CPC]
- USS Hornet launched a reconnaissance mission over the Japanese Navy seaplane base at Toko Bay (now Dapeng Bay), southern Taiwan. ww2dbase [Hornet (Essex-class) | Toko, Takao | CPC]
- In Britain, V-1 flying bomb fell on the Suffolk town of Southwold and caused major damage but surprisingly no serious injuries; in all 337 houses were damaged, 68 shops, three churches and the fire station were all reported as being victims in some way to the blast. Another impacted on RAF Raydon near Ipswich, the bomb narrowly missed the bomb dump concealed in woods next to the perimeter, at the time of the strike bombs were being loaded onto transport trucks. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | Raydon, England | HM]
- The first FR Fireball prototype aircraft was destroyed in a crash at Naval Air Station China Lake, California, United States. ww2dbase [FR Fireball | China Lake, California | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departs Alameda, California, United States for the western Pacific. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Alameda, California | DS]




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