November 22, 1943
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MONDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 1943

Sextabt Conference: U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo, Egypt for talks.

CENTRAL PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Seventh Air Force): Eleven B-24's from Canton bomb Mille Atoll. The B-24's claim two interceptors shot down.

CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 12 P-40's strafe river traffic from Hofuh to Changte, and 16 attack numerous small troop boats on Tungting Lake, west of Changteh.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force): P-40's in a battle with 30-40 fighters over Empress Augusta Bay, claim 5 fighters shot down; P-38's strafe barges and shore targets at Chabai. 20+ B-25's, along with 5 RNZAF Ventura's, 8 P-38' and 8 USN F4U's attack Buka Airfield scoring hits on the runway and taxiways.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force): 22 B-25's and A-20's attack villages around Sattelberg. 100+ B-25's and B-24's bomb Gasmata and Cape Gloucester. Lost are B-24D Mitchell 42-41075 pilot 2nd Lt Francis D. Brechak (KIA) and B-25G Mitchell 42-64846 pilot 1st Lt. Clifford A. Jaebker (MIA). B-24's on armed reconnaissance score hits on freighter near Kavieng and a tanker and barge in the Bismarck Sea. The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment) and 82d Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter), 71st Reconnaissance Group, transfer from Milne Bay to Dobodura with B-25's and P-39's respectfully. They will fly their first mission on 28 Jan 44 and 27 Nov 43 respectively. The 418th Night Fighter Squadron, V Fighter Command, transfers from Milne Bay to Dobodura with P-38's and P-70's.

USN: PBY-5 Catalina 08428 pilot Lt John M. Arbuckle (POW/ MIA).

USS Frazier (DD-607) is damaged when she intentionally rams Japanese submarine I-35; the enemy submarine is sunk by USS Frazier and USS Meade (DD-602) off Tarawa, 01°22'N, 172°47'E.

Submarine Drum (SS-228) is damaged by depth charges north of New Guinea, 02°53'N, 141°36'E, and is forced to terminate her patrol.

Submarine Seahorse (SS-304) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Taish Maru, 33°41'N, 128°35'E.

Submarine Tinosa (SS-283) sinks Japanese army cargo ships Kiso Maru and Yamato Maru off Palau, 07°09'N, 134°32'E; although damaged by depth charges, 07°09'N, 134°34'E, she remains on patrol.

USAAF B-24 sinks Japanese cargo ship Kinyamasan Maru, 01°00'N, 149°20'E, that had escaped damage the previous day; destroyer Asanagi continues on to Truk with survivors of Nichii Maru and Kinyamasan Maru.

Japanese army repair ship Kashima Maru is sunk by mine, laid by USAAF B-24 on 16 November 1943 off Macao.

RNZAF: Lost is P-40N Kittyhawk NZ3169 pilot F/O Peter S. Rishworth (MIA) ditched off the Treasury Islands.