October 6, 1942
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TUESDAY, 6 OCTOBER 1942

AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force): Eight B-24s, one B-17, ten P-39s, and eight P-38s fly bombing and weather missions over Kiska; a large transport is bombed in the harbor which is left sinking; hits are scored on a corvette and on a large freighter at Gertrude Cove and on a hangar in Main Camp; the radio station is damaged; a float fighter is strafed and set afire, and 6 Zekes are hit on the water.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): C-47 Skytrains from 21st Troop Carrier Squadron (21st TCS) and 22nd Troop Carrier Squadron (22nd TCS) complete the air lift of Australian Army Australian Army 2/10 Battalion, 18 Brigade plus U.S. Army engineers and anti-aircraft gunners from Milne Bay to Wanigela Airfield.

IJN: Japanese submarine I-25 torpedoes U.S. tanker Larry Doheny off the coast of Oregon at 42°20'N, 125°02'W, and abandoned. Two of the ship's 34-man merchant complement die in the attack, as do four of the 8-man Armed Guard. Afterwards, USS Coos Bay (AVP-25) rescues the survivors. Damaged Larry Doheny sinks the next morning.