Air Operations, Carolines
- 11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack the Truk Atoll.
- USMC transports begin air-evacuating casualties from the airfield on Peleliu to the Momote airfield on Los Negros.
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]Air Operations, CBI
BURMA- 16 10th Air Force P-47s attack Palwesho.
- 8 P-47s attack a bridge near Bhamo.
- 4 P-47s attack several occupied towns near Bhamo.
- 5 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack Hsinantien and the Chefang area.
- More than 20 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack the Paoching area.
- More than 80 fighter-bombers attack many targets of opportunity while on armed reconnaissance strikes over large parts of southern China.
- A 23rd Fighter Group P-51 downs a D3A 'Val' dive bomber near Wuchou during the morning.
| ]Air Operations, East Indies
- FEAF B-25s attack Bolaang-oeki and Sidate on Celebes.
- B-25s and A-20s attack the port areas on Amboina and at Halong on Celebes, and various shipping and other targets of oppportunity.
- B-25s and P-40s attack the Galela and Kaoe airfields on Halmahera.
| ]Air Operations, Europe
RAF BOMBER COMMAND
Daylight Ops:
- German U-boats have been forced out of the Biscay ports following the Allied liberation of France and Bergen was one of several Norwegian ports now being used as the forward operating bases for the U-boats. The pens at Bergen are being enlarged with an influx of German technicians and a large labour force. 93 Halifaxes and 47 Lancasters of Nos. 6 and 8 Groups are sent to attack Bergen. Most of the aircraft are allocated to the pens, but 14 Halifaxes and 6 Lancasters are ordered to bomb individual U-boats known to be moored in the harbor. 12 Mosquitos of No. 100 Group act as a long-range fighter escort.
The raid appears to be successful and only 1 Lancaster is lost. 7 bombs hit the U-boat pens, causing little structural damage because of the thickness of the concrete roof, but the electrical-wiring system in the pens is completely put out of action. Nearby ship-repair yards are seriously damaged. 3 U-boats are damaged by the bombing but they did not sink. 3 other small ships are also hit. Two of them sink and the third the German auxiliary Schwabenland, has to be put in dry dock for repair.
- 2 Wellingtons and 1 Liberator fly RCM sorties without a loss.
Minor Ops:
- 6 Mosquitos are sent to Pforzheim, and 5 to Heilbronn, 47 Lancasters and 31 Halifaxes lay mines off Oslo and in the Kattegat, 15 aircraft are on Resistance operations, and there are 36 Mosquito patrols and 4 RCM sorties.
- 1 Mosquito is lost on the Heilbronn raid and 2 Lancaster and 1 Halifax are lost laying mines.
- The Me-262 fighters see their first action but are ineffective. They will eventually shoot down 25 Allied bombers, but their cumbersome take-off and landing, and the routing restrictions necessitated by their high fuel consumption, sees 35 of them lost.
| ]Air Operations, Japan
Despite opposition from as many as 17 Japanese Navy fighters, 4 28th Composite Bomb Group B-25s attack a barge and a freighter off Shimushu Island.
[ | ]Air Operations, Volcano Islands
30th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Iwo Jima and shipping west of Iwo Jima.
[ | ]Burma
In the British XXXIII Corps sector the 11th East African Div captures Yazagyo, while the 5th Indian Div nears Tiddim.
[ | ]Eastern Front
In the area of Negotin, Yugoslavia, the Russian 57th Army surrounds and routs the German divisions of the Serbia Group. Pancêvo on the north bank of the Danube just east of Belgrade is taken by troops of the Russian 46th Army of the 3rd Ukraine Front. The Russian forces also reach Vladimirovac and link with Partisan units near there.
[ | ]Germany, Home Front
It is reported that German males born in 1928 are to be called up.
[ | ]Greece
Allied forces land on the Pelopanese near Patras. There ore other landings on the Aegean islands. Patras is occupied on October 5.
[ | ]Japan, Home Front
Mitsuru Toyama, former leader of the extreme right-wing terrorist organization, the 'Black Dragon Society', dies at the age of 89.
[ | ]Palau Islands
In torrential rain the 7th Marine Regt continues its attacks against the Japanese positions on Mount Umurbrogol, Peleliu, but at the end of the day it has suffered such heavy losses that headquarters orders its relief. Although the islands were effectively secured in late September, the mopping-up operations have been costly. Between Sept 25 and Oct 5, 336 US soldiers have been killed and 1,707 wounded. The Japanese death toll on Peleliu and Angaur has been put at 2,755 in the same period.
[ | ]Western Front
There is a German counterattack by the 6th Panzer Div against the US XIX Corps of the US 1st Army which have broken through the Siegfried Line north of Aachen. The Americans hold their ground. The American V Corps operating in the Luxembourg sector, is also preparing to attack the Siegfried Line.
The Canadians of the 2nd Div, 1st Army, continue to advance north of Antwerp, liberating the Merxerem-Eeckeren sector.
[ | ]Images from October 4, 1944
Bór-Komorowski Leaving the SS Headquarters in Ozarow |
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M10 17-pdr Tank Destroyer |
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Achilles Tank Destroyer |
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Red Cross Workers Serve Food |
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Canadian Infantry Soldiers |
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HMCS Chebogue After Being Torpedoed by U-1227, 4 October 1944 |
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Taken From HMCS Chambly as She Was Preparing To Tow HMCS Chebogue |
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Bór-Komorowski After Surrender |
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A TBM-1D Avenger Launches from Independence |
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Crater of V-2 Which Impacted at Crostwick, 4 October 1944 |
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