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December 8, 1942
Today in World War II Pacific History
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1942

(Eleventh Air Force) An attempted bombing mission of Attu and Kiska by six B-24s and six B-26s, escorted by eight P-38s, is forced back by weather. An uneventful reconnaissance is flown by a B-24 and a B-26 over Attu, Agattu, Amchitka, Kiska and Semichi.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) A-20s and B-25s pound AA positions at Buna and the area around Buna Mission and Cape Endaiadere as ground forces attack bunker positions on the southern end of Buna. P-38s hit a wrecked vessel [Ayutosen Maru] off Gona. B-24s bomb Gasmata Airfield. Six destroyers transporting troops to reinforce the Buna-Gona beachhead are bombed by B-17s and a lone B-24 and turn back to Rabaul.

IJN: Laid down is Katsuragi the third and final Unryƫ class aircraft carrier Kure Naval Arsenal at Kure.

U.S. Army: On Guadalcanal, 132nd Infantry Regiment (-) arrive on Guadalcanal.


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