Air Operations, EuropeThere is a night raid on Dover by the Luftwaffe. BOMBER COMMMAND12 Hampdens, 3 Stirlings and 2 Manchesters lay mines off Lorient. This is the first participation for the Stirlings of 3 Group in the minelaying campaign. There are no losses. [Air Operations, PacificThe Japanese bomb Port Moresby and Wyndham, Northern Australian. The RAAF raid Dill airfield on Timor. [Andaman IslandsThe Japanese occupy Port Blair in the Andaman Islands which are located in the Bay of Bengal and have been evacuated by the British and Gurkha garrison. [
MediterraneanBecause of the German and Italian air attacks, the transport Beaconshire capsizes and only 5,000 tons of cargo is landed in Malta of the 25,000 tons intended. [
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