Oct 1, 1942: The Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first US jet plane, gets airborne
Oct 2, 1942: US Marines occupy Western Pacific atoll of Funafuti
Oct 3, 1942: India Air Task Force is activated with a mission to protect the western end of the Hump transport route across the Himalayas to China
Oct 4, 1942: American tanker Camden is torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-25 off the coast of Oregon
Oct 5, 1942: Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek urges Soviet Union to withdraw troops from Xinjiang
Oct 6, 1942: Fifth Army Air Force airlift Australian 18th Brigade to Wanigela, New Guinea
Oct 7, 1942: Australian troops cut off from the main force during retreat down the Kokoda Trail, New Guinea, arrive at the American camp at Kalikodobu, on board rafts built by local inhabitants