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4 October 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.

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New Guinea

Capt Boice’s rcn party (elements of 126th Inf, U.S. 32d Div) reaches Jaure, completing rcn of Kapa Kapa-Jaure trail, which is found to be difficult but practicable.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
English Channel

Small Br party raids Sark I.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Pacific Theater

THOR mission records show at least 8 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1942-10-04, 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 October 1942

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Capt Boice’s rcn party (elements of 126th Inf, U.S. 32d Div) reaches Jaure, completing rcn of Kapa Kapa-Jaure trail, which is found to be difficult but practicable.

Small Br party raids Sark I.

THOR mission records show at least 8 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1942-10-04, flown by RAAF. Targets included NEW GUINEA.

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