21 October 1943
Philippine Sea
Enemy PBs prevented an attack by USS Greenling against a tanker convoy of at least 5 tankers on the eastern end of a sea lane passing south of Luzon. Not sure if these guys are inbound or outbound; my guess is outbound.
DEI
24 Sally bombers escorted by 7 Nicks attacked the USMC paratroopers on Ruteng. We had 3 P-40s on a long-range CAP providing cover, which shot down 1 Nick and 1 Sally without loss. The raid destroyed 1 squad and disabled another (17 nominal casualties), which is probably all that's there to begin with.
CENTPAC
The sub killed yesterday appears to be part of a deliberate effort to intercept traffic headed to Wake. At least 4 more subs are lurking along that route according to searchplanes. One hit was claimed on one of those subs.
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