Air Operations, CBI

• Despite interception over the target by as many as 40 Japanese fighters, all available 7th and 308th Heavy Bomb group B-24s and 490th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s, escorted by P-38s and P-51s, destroy 70 percent of the locomotive repair shops at Insein. 3 B-24s, 4 P-51s, and 2 P-38s are downed by Japanese fighters, but P-51s from the 311th Fighter Group�s 530th Fighter Squadron down 4 Japanese fighters over Rangoon at 1300 hours.
• During the night, 7 RAF Liberators attack the Rangoon dock area.

• 4 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s attack a convoy near Amoy and port facilities at Swatow.

Air Operations, Europe

• XII Bomber Command B-25s attack Porto Civitanova.

• XII Air Support Command B-25s attack Sibenik.

• 15th Air Force B-17s attack a marshalling yard at Rimini, a marshalling yard and rail bridges at Grizzano, and a rail bridge at Vergato.

• NATAF aircraft mount day and night attacks against road, rail, and tactical targets.

Air Operations, Marshalls

8 VII Bomber Command B-24s based at Canton Island and Nukufetau attack the airfield at Mille.

Air Operations, New Guinea

V Bomber Command B-25s and B-26s attack Boram, Finschhafen, and Wewak.

Air Operations, Solomons

• More than 20 XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Buka airfield while 19 other B-24s attack the Bonis airfield, both on Bougainville.
• 5 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack Queen Carola Harbor.
• A small number of USAAF B-25s and US Navy PVs attack targets near Mutupina Point.

Eastern Front

The Russians close in from 3 directions on Zhlobin, a vital rail junction northwest of Gomel.

Gilbert Islands

The 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, fights the Battle of Buariki on Eita Island in heavy jungle against determined Japanese of the Special Naval Landing Force. The combat is mostly close-in and brutal. Every one of the 175 Japanese is killed; 32 Americans are dead and 59 are wounded.

Italy

The British manage to move the 4th Arm Bde with 100 tanks across the Sangro to support their troops to the north who are still fighting hard.

Pacific

• The US submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sinks the Vichy French cargo ship Van Vollenhoven (702t) off the coast of French Indochina.
• The US submarine Seahorse (SS-304) sinks the Japanese fleet tanker San Ramon Maru (7309t) in the East China Sea.

Scenes from November 27, 1943

US Jeep Stuck in Mud

Inspecting Piano Keys

B-17F 'Salvage Queen'

Cave Bivouac

Australians in a Dawn Attack Near Sattelberg