Air Operations, CBI
BURMA
- 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.
CHINA
- 4 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s attack a convoy near Amoy and port facilities at Swatow.
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Air Operations, Marshalls 8 VII Bomber Command B-24s based at Canton Island and Nukufetau attack the airfield at Mille.
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Air Operations, New Guinea V Bomber Command B-25s and B-26s attack Boram, Finschhafen, and Wewak.
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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.
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Eastern Front The Russians close in from 3 directions on Zhlobin, a vital rail junction northwest of Gomel.
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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.
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Scenes from November 27, 1943
US Jeep Stuck in Mud in Italy, 27 November 1943
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Finschhafen, New Guinea. 27 November 1943. Driver R. J. Morriss of Tamworth, NSW, inspects the keys of a piano left in the centre of a coconut plantation by the Japanese. Standing behind the piano is Corporal A. Attwood of Maroubra, NSW.
Inspecting Piano Keys
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Boeing B-17F-80-BO Flying Fortress 42-30005 „Salvage Queen” 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 27 November, 1943
B-17F 'Salvage Queen'
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US soldier bivouacs in a cave in Italy, 27 November 1943
Cave Bivouac
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Australian troops move behind Matilda tanks during a dawn attack around Sattelberg, 27 November 1943
Australians in a Dawn Attack Near Sattelberg
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