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• The Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet was reorganized to contain two air groups and one base force. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Two BQ-7 drones were launched against targets in Germany. Both crashed outside of Haldorf, Germany, their secondary target. ww2dbase [Operation Aphrodite and Operation Anvil | Haldorf, Kurhessen | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | DS]

• USS Wake Island arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and disembarked the aircraft she was ferrying. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Wake Island | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bound for Manus in the Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• Two Soviet Armies under General Malinovsky advanced 60 miles in Romania and Hungary in 8 days. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | TH]

• The Brazilian Expeditionary Force was given the order to capture Monte Della Torraca southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]

• Submarine USS Spearfish completed her secret mission to conduct close reconnaissance surveys of Iwo Jima and Minami Jima in the Bonin Islands and set a course for Saipan. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Iwo Jima | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 discovered the disabled tanker Seishin Maru in the South China Sea at about 1000 hours and arranged for tanker Miri Maru to take Seishin Maru under tow. ww2dbase [Stewart | South China Sea | CPC]

• While returning to San Pedro Bay, destroyer USS Shaw withstood an aerial special attack when a Japanese plane dove on the ship and crashed into the sea 25 yards off Shaw's port bow. Shaw sustained no damage. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Tokko "Kamikaze" Special Attack Doctrine | Shaw | Leyte Gulf, Leyte | DS]
• SS Antoine Saugrain was rendered dead in the water after being struck by two aerial torpedoes in Philippine waters. The ship claimed to have shot down several Japanese aircraft. She was carrying 450 passengers and crew; some were wounded during the attack, but all would eventually be accounted for after all survivors were rescued. ww2dbase [Antoine Saugrain | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | CPC]

• Kirill Meretskov was awarded the For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic medal. ww2dbase [Kirill Meretskov | CPC]

• USS Cero entered Mare Island Navy Shipyard in Vallejo, California, United States for a scheduled overhaul. ww2dbase [Cero | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]
• Rear Admiral Freeland A. Daubin was named the commanding officer of New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]
• USS Honolulu arrived at the Naval Supply Base at San Pedro, California. ww2dbase [Honolulu | San Pedro, California | DS]

5 Dec 1944 Interactive Map