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4 September 1942
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
5 sourced entries for this date.
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Solomon IS.
1st Raider Bn patrols Savo I., finding it free of enemy, and returns to Guadalcanal. U.S. destroyer-transports Little and Gregory are sunk by enemy warships in Sealark Channel, night 4-5.
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Irish Republican Army riots occur in Belfast during the night.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 24 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1942-09-04, flown by USAAF 9th Air Force. Targets included EGYPT.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 2 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1942-09-04, flown by RAAF. Targets included NEW GUINEA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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4 September in other years 19391940194119431944
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