6 Dec 1942
- 47 British Ventura aircraft bombed Eindhoven, the Netherlands; 9 bombers were lost. ww2dbase [Ventura | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Truk | CPC]
- Two transports arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Of the 811 Jews from the Netherlands, 16 were registered in the camp and 795 were gassed. Of the about 2,500 Jews from the Mlawa ghetto, 406 were registered in the camp and around 2,094 were gassed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- 58th Fighter Squadron of USAAF 33rd Fighter Group, flying P-40 fighters, was ordered to go to Telepte, Tunisia. It would become the first US squadron in Tunisia in the war. ww2dbase [Telepte | CPC]
- USS Hoe was commissioned into service with Commander Victor Beucler McCrea in command. ww2dbase [Hoe | CPC]
- Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card arrived at North Island, San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Card | San Diego, California | DS]
- The keel of Illinois was laid down at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States. ww2dbase [Philadelphia Navy Yard | Illinois | Philadelpha, Pennsylvania | CPC]
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