Mission 242: 100 B-29s bomb the Ube urban area destroying 0.42 square miles (1.1 square km), 23% of the city.

Mission 243: 126 B-29s attack the Shimonoseki urban area destroying 0.51 square miles (1.32 square km), 36% of the city; 5 other B-29s hit alternate targets; 1 B-29 is lost.

Mission 244: 24 B-29s mine Shimonoseki Strait and the waters at Nanao and Fushiki.

148 Iwo Jima based P-51s are dispatched to hit airfields in the Nagoya area (Kasumigaura, Itami, Hamamatsu, and Nagano); they claim 2-0-0 aircraft in the air and 3-7 on the ground; 2 P-51s are lost.

Patrol Bombing Squadron One Hundred Eighteen (VPB-118) based at Yonton, Okinawa with PB4Y-2 Privateers, fly their last mining mission off Korea having dropped 195 aerial mines.

For the first time since the Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942, B-25s attack the Japanese home islands; 33 B-25s, operating in two flights from Okinawa, and escorted by USMC F4U Corsairs, bomb Chiran Airfield on Kyushu Island: two others hit Yaku-shima Island in the Osumi Islands.

Elements of Task Forces 30 and 38 set sail from Guam and Leyte Island, Philippine Islands for attacks on the Japanese home islands. The aircraft carriers assigned are:

Task Group 30.6, the Antisubmarine Warfare Group

- USS Anzio (CVE-57) with Composite Squadrons Thirteen and Sixty Six (VC-13 and VC-16)

Task Group 30.8, the Logistics Support Group

- Task Unit 30.8.1

- USS Roi (CVE-103) as an aircraft transport

- USS Steamer Bay (CVE-87) with VC-93

- USS Thetis Bay (CVE-90) as an aircraft transport

- Task Unit 30.8.2

- USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) as an aircraft transport

- USS Hollandia (CVE-97) as an aircraft transport

- USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) with VC-63)

Task Force 38

- Task Group 38.1

USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) with Light Carrier Air Group Thirty One (CVLG-31)

USS Bennington (CV-20) with Carrier Air Group one (CVG-1)

USS Hancock (CV-19) with CVG-6

USS Lexington (CV-16) with CVG-94

USS Jacinto (CVL-30) with CVLG-49

- Task Group 38.3

USS Bataan (CVL-29) with CVLG-47

USS Essex (CV-9) with CVG-83

USS Monterey (CVL-26) with CVLG-34

USS Randolph (CV-15) with CVG-16

- Task Group 38.4

USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31) with Night Carrier Air Group Ninety One [CVG(N)-91]

USS Cowpens (CVL-25) with CVLG-50

USS Independence (CVL-22) with CVLG-27

USS Shangri-La (CV-38) with CVG-85

- USS Block Island (CVE-106) with Marine Carrier Air Group One (MCVG-1) comprised of Marine Fighting Squadron (carrier-based) Five Hundred Eleven [VMF(CVS)-511 and Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron (carrier-based) Two Hundred Thirty Three [VMTB(CVS)-233].

- USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) with MCVG-2 comprised of VMF(CVS)-512 and VMTB(CVS)-143.

- USS Suwanee (CVE-27) with Escort Carrier Air Group Forty (CVEG-40) consisting of Fighting Squadron Forty (VF-40) and Torpedo Squadron Forty (VT-40.During the day a flight ofUSNaircraft from Suwanee bombs and rockets barracks that have been captured by the Australians who had neglected to advise the aviators; several Australian soldiers are killed.

Because of the massive firepower at his disposal the Australian commander chose to attack directly at the heart of the enemy's defences, relying on saturation bombardment to obliterate resistance. Earlier the Australian government told MacArthur that it did not want the 7th Division used. MacArthur insisted that another division could not be substituted in time.

CHINA: Chinese forces liberate Liuchow.

CANADA: Corvettes HMCS North Bay and Stellarton paid off Sorel, Province of Quebec.

HMC ML 074, 089, 095 and 096 paid off.

825 (TBR) Sqn reformed, ASH-fitted Fairey Barracuda II aircraft at RNAS Rattray for HMCS Warrior.

U.S.A.: Vol III No 11 of US Intelligence Bulletin picks up what was covered in Tactical and Technical Trends. (Bill Howard)

In the U.S., New York State establishes the New York State Commission Against Discrimination to prevent discrimination in employment because of race, creed or natural origin; it was the first such agency in the United States.

During WW II, the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) produced numerous documents, most commonly known are the Intelligence Bulletins. The Military Intelligence Special Series continues with "Japanese Parachute Troops." (William L. Howard)

German PoW Lt-Gen Willibald Borowietz is killed in an auto accident. He is the highest ranking PoW buried at Fort Benning, Georgia. He holds the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. (Elliott Minor, Associated Press Writer, Published November 15, 2004)