November 3, 1942
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TUESDAY, 3 NOVEMBER 1942

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): B-26s bomb Dili. B-17s bomb Lae Airfield and wharf at Lae, and attack a ship south of Gasmata.

IJN: Sunk is Japanese submarine RO-65 crash diving during a U.S. air raid in Kiska Harbor.

USN: USS Seawolf SS-199 makes three attacks against Sagami Maru sinking the ship with a torpedo while at anchor just off the beach in Talomo Bay in Davao Gulf.