27 Nov 1943
- The first British Seafire F III carrier fighters reached the 894 Naval Air Squadron. ww2dbase [Spitfire | CPC]
- US Navy fighter Ace "Butch" O'Hare disappeared during a night fighter combat test involving a radar equipped TBF Avenger aircraft leading three Hellcat fighters into an interception position. It was suspected that he might have been shot down by a TBF gunner. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Wake Island departed Astoria, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
- Chiang Kaishek asked Joseph Stilwell to secure 10,000 tons of supplies to be flown over the Hump into China per month, while China would not make commitment on any American demands. ww2dbase [Burma Road and the Hump | Chiang Kaishek | CPC]
- US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 was transferred to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. They would soon be moved to Vella Lavella. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal | CPC]
- Noor Inayat Khan was transferred to Karlsruhe, Germany. ww2dbase [Noor Inayat Khan | Karlsruhe, Baden | CPC]
- British Eighth Army launched an offensive across the Sangro River, Italy. ww2dbase [Advance to the Gustav Line | TH]
- Carrier Glory was launched at Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, sponsored by Lady Cynthia Brookes, wife of Prime Minister Basil Brookes of Northern Ireland. ww2dbase [Glory | Belfast, Northern Ireland | CPC]

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