24 Oct 1942




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- Norwegian police were ordered to arrest Jews over the age of 15 and seize their property; the arrests were to be carried out beginning 26 Oct 1942. ww2dbase [CPC]
- In Egypt outside of El Alamein, British aircraft dropped 122 tons of bombs on Axis airfields and tank concentrations as Allied troops continued to engage in heavy combat. ww2dbase [Second Battle of El Alamein | CPC]
- USS S-31 departed from waters off Paramushiro Island, Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [S-31 | CPC]
- USS Snook was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander C. O. Triebel in command. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
- Zhou Zhikai, flying a P-43A Lancer fighter, shot down a Japanese Ki-46-III aircraft over Sibao, Yang County, Jiangxi Province, China. This was the first Chinese victory in a P-43 fighter. ww2dbase [Zhou Zhikai | Sibao, Jiangxi | CPC]
- The husband of Violette Szabo, Étienne Szabo, died from wound sustained in combat at Qaret el Himeimat, Egypt during the Second Battle of El Alamein. ww2dbase [Violette Szabo | CPC]
- General Georg Stumme, temporarily in command of Panzer Army Afrika in Erwin Rommel's absence, died from a heart attack after falling from his car while conducting a reconnaissance of British positions at El Alamein, Egypt. His body would not be found until the next day. General Wilhelm von Thoma, commanding the Afrika Korps, took over pending Rommel's return. ww2dbase [Second Battle of El Alamein | AC]
- Portland was struck with three Japanese torpedoes that did not detonate during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Portland | DS]
- The British submarine HMS Unique, last heard from on 9 Oct 1942, was posted as missing presumed lost, most probably after detonating a mine west of the Bay of Biscay on or around 10 Oct 1942. ww2dbase [HM]




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