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December 27, 1941
Today in World War II Pacific History
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Saturday, 27 December 1941

USAAF: Sixteen B-17s took off from Hickam Field on a search missions around Hawaii. Returning B-17E 41-2402 pilot 1st Lt Earl J. Cooper ditched with the crew rescued three days later.

Far East: Lt Gen Sir Henry Pownall relieves Air Chief Marshal Brooke-Popham as Br CinC Far East.

Philippines: Luzon front is quiet as Japanese consolidate along the Agno. North Luzon Force withdraws toward next delaying line, Tarlac-Cabanatuan, where it is to make maximum delaying effort. On S Luzon, Japanese continue to pursue U.S. columns along Routes 23 and 1; on latter, Japanese break through main positions of 53d Inf and seize Candelaria.

JAAF: Japanese bombers from Takao Kōkūtai (Takao Air Group) and 1st Kōkūtai (1st Air Group) bomb Manila and shipping in Manila Bay and Pasig River despite the declaration as an "open city". Philippine customs cutters Arayat and Mindoro and motor vessel Ethel Edwards are set afire, while lighthouse tender Canlaon is destroyed by a direct hit. Steamship Taurus is scuttled in the Pasig River.

Malaya: Ind 11th Div rear guards (12th and 28th Brigs) begin withdrawal to defense positions near Kampar. In eastern Malaya, Japanese threat to Kuantan is increasing. Enemy forces near Trengganu-Pahang border are placed under artillery fire.

Burma: Lt Gen T. J. Hutton replaces Gen MacLeod as commander of Burma Army.

USN: Destroyer USS Allen (DD-66) rescues first of two groups of survivors from U.S. freighter Manini (sunk by Japanese submarine I-175 on December 17, 1941) at 21°29'N, 159°36'E.

Coast Guard cutter Tiger rescues 14 survivors of U.S. freighter Prusa, sunk by Japanese submarine I-172 on December 19, 1941. A second group of 11 survivors reaches safety after a 2,700-mile voyage, rescued by a Fijian government vessel and taken to Boruin, Gilberts.

Unarmed U.S. tanker Connecticut is shelled about 10 miles west of the mouth of the Columbia River. Reportedly the attack was by Japanese submarine I-25 but was not in the vicinity at the time.

USS Perch (SS-176) torpedoes Japanese supply ship Nojima Maru damaging the bow in South China Sea at roughly Lat 22°14'N, Long 115°13'E.

Six PBYs from VP-101 bomb Japanese shipping off Jolo against heavy fighter opposition with four Catalinas lost.

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