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• Wedderburn was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Wedderburn | CPC]
• USS Pompon attacked a Japanese convoy in the Dutch East Indies; all 4 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Pompon | CPC]
• Convoy O-601 was attacked by an unidentified submarine at 2336 hours in the Pacific Ocean; one torpedo passed 20 meters behind Patrol Boat No. 102 and another hit her abaft the bridge on the port side, but it failed the detonate. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]

• USAAF medium and heavy bombers attacked Rabaul, New Britain. This was to be the first of many unescorted raids by multi-engine bombers as the Japanese fighter strength at Rabaul began to be worn down by continuous Allied aerial attacks. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Gusen II, a satellite of Mauthausen Concentration Camp, opened at Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, Austria. Prisoners of Gusen II were used to build underground aircraft and weapons factories. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Sankt Georgen an der Gusen, Oberdonau | CPC]

• 18 B-25 bombers of the Chinese-American Composite Wing escorted by 24 P-40 fighters attacked a foundry and floating docks at Huangshi, Hubei, China. Japanese fighters of 9th and 25th Sentai rose to intercept, shooting down 2 P-40 fighters. ww2dbase [Huangshi, Hubei | CPC]

• In a letter to Hermann Göring, Heinrich Himmler noted that by this date, about 36,000 prisoners were employed for various purposes for the Luftwaffe. He informed Göring that plans were being considered to increase the number to 90,000. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | CPC]
• The order to build the prototype of Type XXVIIA midget submarines was issued to Germaniawerft of Kiel, Germany. ww2dbase [Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft | Type XXVII | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | DS]

• One Italian motor torpedo boat attacked the Allied beachhead at Anzio, Italy before dawn, causing no damage. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Anzio, Lazio | CPC]

• Landing ship No. 103 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• NKVD troops completed the rounding up of 37,713 Balkars people in the Caucasus region of Russia. They would be deported to the east aboard 14 trains. ww2dbase [Deportation of Caucasian, Altaic, and Turkish Peoples | Kabardino-Balkaria | CPC]

• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay was commissioned at Astoria, Oregon with Captain William T. Rassieur in command. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | Astoria, Oregon | CPC]
• Escort carrier USS Card and her task group arrived at Norfolk, Virginia and Task Group TG21.12 was dissolved. Composite Squadron VC-55 disembarked to Norfolk Naval Air Station. The day she arrived, USS Card had a routine change of command with Captain Rufus Young, Jr. relieving Captain Arnold Isbell. ww2dbase [Card | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]

9 Mar 1944 Interactive Map