November 28th, 1940 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM:Liverpool: Lt Harold Reginald Newgass (1896-1984), RNVR, descended into a gasometer (fuel tank, coal gas) six times, with breathing equipment to defuse a mine which had pierced the roof. (George Cross)
Liverpool: Liverpool suffers a devastating overnight raid by the Luftwaffe.
London: Lord Horder, the head of the British Medical Committee, warns the people of the dangers of disease: "We have more to fear from germs than Germans."
London: Lord Woolton, Minister of Food, announces a reduction in milk supplies to householders during the winter shortage. The authorities advise that all milk used in London and other major cities be boiled to prevent a typhoid epidemic.
Minesweeping trawler HMS Manx Prince mined and sunk off the Humber.
Destroyer HMS Lance launched.
Submarine HMS Thrasher launched.
Corvette HMS Mayflower commissioned.
ASW trawler HMS Mazurka launched.
GERMANY: Berlin: Der ewige Jude [The Eternal Jew], a film purporting to prove the Jews' evil influence, opens.
U-209 laid down.
ROMANIA: Bucharest: The Romanian government declares a state of emergency.
AEGEAN SEA: Submarine HMS Regulus reported missing in Aegean Sea.
SOUTH AFRICA: Corvette SAS Protea laid down.
FRENCH INDOCHINA: The Royal Thai Air Force begins aerial bombing after the alleged bombing of Thai positions around Nankorn Panom by French planes. (Michael Alexander)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-47 fired two torpedoes without success at a lone ship in the North Atlantic.
U-95 damaged SS Ringhorn.
U-104 is last heard from while operating off the north coast of County Donegal, C ire, about 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Londonderry, County Derry, Northern Ireland, in approximate position 55.30N, 08.00W; all 49 crewmen are lost. There is no explanation for the loss.