World War II Database

• Home
• » Events
• » WW2 Timeline
• » 24 Oct 1942

• Weather data for 24 Oct 1942

• USS S-31 departed from waters off Paramushiro Island, Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Snook was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander C. O. Triebel in command. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• 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 [Main Article | 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 [Main Article | 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 [Main Article | CPC]

• Portland was struck with three Japanese torpedoes that did not detonate during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | DS]

24 Oct 1942 Interactive Map