16 Jan 1943
Australia
Australia
- USS Wahoo conducted sonar tests in Moreton Bay near Brisbane, Australia. Later on the same day, she departed friendly waters for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down a P-40 fighter over Yunnan Province, China, his 15th victory. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- British bombers attacked Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Iraq declared war on the Axis powers. ww2dbase [AC]
- Shokaku's assignment was shifted from Main Unit, Mobile Force to the Maintenance Force, Mobile Force. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- USS Grayback fired six torpedoes at a Japanese transport in the Solomon Sea; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Soviet troops captured Pitomnik Airfield west of Stalingrad, Russia, denying the Germans the ability to fly in supplies and fly out wounded men. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Marlin departed Casco Bay, Maine, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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