November 27, 1942
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FRIDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 1942

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Photo reconnaissance covers Kiska, Amchitka and Attu; a ship attacked in Holtz Bay on Attu on the previous day is observed lower in water and still burning.

CHINA AIR TASK FORCE (CATF): Ten B-25s and twenty plus P-40s, the largest CATF effort in China to date, hit shipping and harbor installations at Hong Kong, firing warehouses and claiming 2 freighters and numerous barges sunk; a large force of fighters intercept during the return trip but are driven off by the escort; the P-40s and B-25s claim several airplanes shot down.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, B-26s pound the Buna area, hitting buildings, the airfield, and other targets, as Allied ground forces prepare to renew attacks in the Buna-Gona area. Lost is B-25D "White Russian" 41-29699.

Japanese Army: Major General Tsuyuo Yamagata at Napapo is ordered to land at Giruwa.