Air Operations - Europe
BOMBER COMMAND- 12 Bostons bomb the Le Havre power station and the dock area accurately with no losses.
- In overnight minor operations, 21 aircraft are sent to Le Havre and Lorient, 21 lay mines off French ports and 11 are on leaflet flights over France. 1 Manchester and 1 Wellington are lost in minelaying operations.
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]Air Operations, New Guinea
B-25s of the 3rd Light Bomb Group's 90th Bomb Squadron attack Salamaua.
Battle of the Atlantic
The unarmed US freighter Alcoa Guide (4834t) is shelled by U-123. After an unsuccessful attempt at ramming the U-boat, the freighter is abandoned havine lost two of her crew.. The U-boat then sinks the freigter with gunfire.
Rescued off the Coast of Cape Hatteras |
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Malta
In one of the most unusual awards of the war, King George VI awards Malta the George Cross, for the collective heroism of the Maltese people in the face of the Axis air attacks. The medal, like the Victoria Cross, is given only for the most gallant of deeds. (See Sept 13, 1942.)
[ | ]Mediterranean
The submarine Marcantonio Colonna is laid up at Genoa. It will be scrapped in 1943. 2 sister ships are consigned to harbor service.
[ | ]Occupied France
Field-Marshal von Rundstedt is put in charge of the 'Atlantic Wall'.
[ | ] German Troops Check Out Anti-aircraft Gun in Berlin |
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Pacific
The US submarine Tambor (SS-198) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese stores ship Kitami Maru (397t) 50 miles southwest of Kavieng, New Ireland.
[ | ]Philippines
With resistance on Cebu now being overcome, the Japanese also land the 41st Infantry Regiment, about 4,000 troops, on Panay Island, mostly near the capital, Iloilo, in the south, and at Capiz (now Roxas) in the northeast. The garrison of 7,000, rather than take on the invaders, withdraw inland into the mountains to operate as guerillas.
Gen Wainwright appoints Gen William F. Sharp to command the troops in the central Philippines.
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