24 Sep 1943
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Ambon, Molucca Islands and departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- USS Cabrilla attacked a Japanese escort carrier with six torpedoes in the Western Pacific, causing some damage. ww2dbase [Cabrilla | CPC]
- James Johnson was awarded Bar to his Distinguished Service Order medal. ww2dbase [James Johnson | CPC]
- Two of the ten sections of USS ABSD-1 arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [ABSD-1 | CPC]
- USS Columbia arrived at Vella LaVella, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Columbia | Vella LaVella | CPC]
- USS Permit arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Permit | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Portions of Air Group 1 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- German submarine U-711 shelled the Soviet wireless telegraph station at Blagopoluchiya in northern Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | CPC]
- Following the untimely death of Sir Kingsley Wood, Sir John Anderson was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
24 Sep 1943 Interactive Map
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