23 Dec 1944
Australian New Guinea




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Australian New Guinea
- USS Marcus Island arrived at the Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | Admiralty Islands | CPC]
- Indian 2nd and 20th Divisions reached Pyingaing, Burma, which was not defended by the Japanese. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Pyingaing | CPC]
- While leading 16 Mustang fighters of 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron back from an attack on the Wuchang-Hankou ferry terminals in Hubei Province, China, Lieutenant Colonel Edward McComas strafed the Japanese airfields at Wuchang and Erdaokou, destroying (in less than an hour) five Ki-43 fighters in the air and another two Japanese aircraft on the ground. ww2dbase [Wuhan, Hubei | AC]
- Adolf Eichmann fled Budapest, Hungary before dawn. ww2dbase [Adolf Eichmann | Budapest | CPC]
- USS Whale sank four Japanese fishing trawlers with her deck gun off Nakano Shima in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Whale | Okinawa | CPC]
- Kamoi departed Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan at 0530 hours, escorted by auxiliary patrol boat Kousei Maru; she arrived at Ise Bay at 1457 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Shimizu, Shizuoka | CPC]
- Emden departed Oslo, Norway. ww2dbase [Emden | Oslo, Østlandet | CPC]
- USS Blenny reported sinking a Japanese transport with torpedoes. ww2dbase [Blenny | CPC]
- Destroyer Yuzuki was sunk by US Marine Corps aircraft north-northwest of Cebu, Philippine Islands; 20 crewmen were killed, 217 survived and rescued by destroyer Kiri. ww2dbase [Yuzuki | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Singapore at 1001 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | CPC]
- 25 German prisoners of war escaped from Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]




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