February 10, 1943
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WEDNESDAY, 10 FEBRUARY 1943

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force) The weather reconnaissance aircraft aborts the mission due to radio failure. Four B-24s, 2 B-17s, 8 B-25s and 8 P-38s attack Kiska; hits are observed on the landing strip and near the hangar and buildings. Two patrol missions, each by 4 P-38s and 1 B-25, are flown over Amchitka.

CBI (Tenth Air Force) In Burma, 8 B-25s bomb rolling stock at Maymyo.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force) P-38s and Navy aircraft attack Munda Airfield.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) HQ 90th Bombardment Group and its 320th Bombardment Squadron and 321st Bombardment Squadron with B-24s transfer from Iron Range to Port Moresby.

U.S. Army: In New Guinea, Co G of 163d Inf, U.S. 41st Division, reaches the mouth of the Kumusi River and establishes a defense perimeter. U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer takes a series of photographs of A6M2 Zero Tail 114? on the beach at Verahue on Guadalcanal.

IJN: Japanese submarine I-21 continues pursuit of U.S. freighter Starr King and torpedoes her, 34°15'S, 154°20'E; there are no casualties among the merchant crew or Armed Guard. Australian destroyer HMAS Warramunga rescues survivors but has to abandon attempt to tow the crippled freighter when a line fouls her port screw. Starr King, however, sinks that night.

U.S. Navy: USS Pickerel (SS-177) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Amari Maru off Sanriku, 40°10'N, 142°04'E.