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• Yamato received Mitsubishi F1M2 aircraft from Nagato, then set sail for Operation SHO-I-GO. ww2dbase [Yamato | CPC]
• USS Franklin launched strikes in the Manila Bay area at Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Franklin | CPC]
• Japanese fleets set sail for the Philippine Islands in search of a decisive confrontation with the US Navy. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | CPC]
• US 83rd Infantry Division became part of the VIII Corps of the First Army of US 12th Army Group. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The prototype Lockheed XP-58 aircraft, a two-seat bomber version of the P-38 Lightning fighter, was delivered to Wright Field for US Army Air Force acceptance tests, but maintenance proved such a liability that no further development was undertaken and construction of a second prototype was abandoned. ww2dbase [P-38 Lightning | AC]
• In an one-on-one conversation between Adolf Hitler and Otto Skorzeny, Skorzeny narrated the kidnapping of Miklós Horthy, Jr. and the attack on Castle Hill in Budapest, Hungary on 15 Oct 1944. Later in the same conversation, Hitler revealed to Skorzeny the plans for the Ardennes Offensive and asked him to plan a commando operation behind enemy lines in captured uniforms. When questioned the legal concerns of wearing enemy uniforms, Hitler told him that German intelligence informed him that the Americans had done the same in the Aachen, Germany area. Hitler ordered Skorzeny to have complete the planning by 2 Dec 1944. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | CPC]
• USS Baya arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Baya | AC]
• USS Sennet completed her training exercises off Connecticut and Rhode Island, United States. ww2dbase [Sennet | CPC]

• A Heinkel III aircraft from German Air Force 1/KG53 (5K+ER) crashed into the North Sea off Zandvoort, the Netherlands; one of the crew Obergefreiter Walter Hasler was drowned getting free on the aircraft, the rest were picked up. ww2dbase [North Sea | HM]

• USS Hoe arrved at Fremantle, Australia, ending her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

• USS Permit fired 2 torpdoes at a Japanese patrol craft at Truk, Caroline Islands; both torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Permit | Truk | CPC]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 anchored in the Zhoushan archipelago, Zhejiang, China near Shanghai. ww2dbase [Stewart | Zhoushan, Zhejiang | CPC]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Hanover, Germany. On their return to Thurleigh, fog over England resulted in the 306th arriving over the airfield at the same time as the unseen B-17s of the 305th Bomb Group. As the planes made evasive maneuvers, two bombers from the 305th collided and exploded. All 19 aboard both planes were killed. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Hanover | DS]

• The German 485 Mobile Artillery Detachment, responsible for launching V-2 rockets, arrived at the Hague, the Netherlands. It immediately began to set up their equipment for a renewed rocket campaign against London, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | The Hague | CPC]
• The Canadian II Corps launched an attack on Fort Frederick Hendriks, close to the mouth of the Scheldt, opposite Vlissingen (Flushing), The Netherlands. The Fort fell after three days heavy fighting. ww2dbase [Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | AC]

• USS Wasp set sail for Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Manila | CPC]

• Belgian Florent Victor Paul Van Rolleghem, a Lancaster bomber pilot with No. 103 Squadron RAF based at RAF Elsham Wolds in Elsham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) having flown 70 operations in 18 months and never once failing to bomb his target. ww2dbase [Elsham, England | AC]
• Two V-1 flying bombs were brought down by British pilot Flight Officer Johnny Johnson. Two people were killed and 69 were injured by the blast of a V-1 flying bomb exploded at the Orsett Road-Derby Road junction in Grays, Essex, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 1 | V-Weapons Campaign | Grays, England | HM]

• USS Indiana arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for an overhaul. ww2dbase [Indiana | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
• USS Ranger departed San Diego bound for the San Francisco Bay, California. ww2dbase [Ranger | San Diego, California | DS]

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