29 Oct 1943
  • Spanish volunteers from the recently disbanded German 250th Infantry Division began to arrive in Spain. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • Colonel General Hans-Valentin Hube replaced Eberhard von Mackensen as the commander of the German 1.Panzerarmee. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • USS Seahorse sank a small Japanese vessel with her deck gun south of Japan. ww2dbase [Seahorse | CPC]
  • US Task Force 38 sortied from Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides in support of the Bouganville, Solomon Islands invasion. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | CPC]
  • After four days in drydock, escort carrier USS Bogue was floated out of Drydock No. 4 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia. Bogue would spend the next several days dockside completing her overhaul. ww2dbase [Bogue | Norfolk Navy Yard | Portsmouth, Virginia | DS]
Australian New Guinea Australian Papua
  • 63rd Bomb Sauadron (flying B-24 aircraft) of USAAF 43rd Bomb Group was transferred from Port Moresby to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. ww2dbase [Dobodura Airfield | Dobodura | CPC]
British Western Pacific Territories
  • US Marine Corps squadron VMTB-233, equipped with SBD dive bombers and TBF torpedo bombers, was transferred out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]
China
  • Haruki Isayama was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. ww2dbase [Haruki Isayama | CPC]
Hong Kong
  • Seven internees of the Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong were executed by the Japanese administration for their secret possession a radio transmitter. ww2dbase [Stanley Prison and St Stephen's College | CPC]
India
  • SS Loraine, carrying troops of US Army 1688th Detachment, arrived at Bombay, India. ww2dbase [Bombay | CPC]
Japan
  • Kamikaze departed Otaru, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan to escort a convoy. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Otaru, Hokkaido | CPC]
New Zealand Singapore
  • Kamoi departed Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Singapore | CPC]
  • Japan released Walter Auconi and other Italian officers and men formerly of submarine Comandante Cappellini from the Sime Road prisoners of war camp. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Singapore | CPC]
Taiwan
  • Lieutenant General Shinpachi Kondo was named the chief of staff of the Taiwan Army. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States Photo(s) dated 29 Oct 1943
US Navy Signalman 2nd Class Kenneth Mitchell of battleship Colorado sending a message with semaphore flags, 29 Oct 1943; Signalman 3rd Class John Wilson on telescopeEarly model Mark XIII torpedo after bodies (motors & guidance) on the deck of escort carrier USS Copahee upon delivery to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 Oct 1943.United States Coast Guardsmen assist in the recovery of a damaged PB2Y Coronado that partially capsized after losing a wing float on landing in Jamaica Bay, New York, United States, 29 Oct 1943

29 Oct 1943 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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