The British Admiralty announced that the minesweeper HMS Bramble
was sunk by the Kriegsmarine destroyer
Z16
Friedrich Eckoldt in the Barents Sea on
31
December 1942 while escorting convoy JW-51B to Russia.
North Africa. The Wehrmacht to ground forces advanced seven
miles South West of Pont du Fahs.
In Libya. The British Eight Army troops occupied Homs and
Tarhuna.
Russian Front. Rly centres of Proletarskaya and Nevinnomysk
occupied by Soviet troops.
The Luftwaffe carried out a daylights raid on Southeast England
and London, London City Council school in Lewisham bombed
with death-roll of 39 children and five teachers.
Chilean government broke off relations with Germany, Italy
and Japan.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-17
Flying Fortress heavy bombers hit Cap Mangin near Gabes when
cloud cover prevents bombing of primary target, Tripoli. B-25
Mitchell medium bombers hit shipping in Straits of Sicily.
Fighters continue reconnaissance and patrols, and C-47 Skytrain
transport aircraft continue transport flights with fighters
escort.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers hit harbour at Tripoli. P-40 fighters
fly top cover and fighter-bomber operations as enemy resistance
to British advance stiffens in Homs-Tarhunah area.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers bomb supply dumps at Lae. B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers, operating singly, attack Cape Gloucester, Gasmata,
Madang, and Finschhafen. B-25 Mitchell medium bombers attack
targets in Aroe Island.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-26 Marauder medium bombers claim hit on destroyer off South
Bougainville.
Seventh Air Force. Colonel Truman H Landon becomes Commanding
Officer VII Bomber Command.
Eleventh Air Force. Weather aircraft aborts shortly after
takeoff. A B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and a Navy PBY search
without results for the 2 missing B-24 Liberator heavy bombers.
M484
Minesweeper
Commission 20 January 1943
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January
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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