Air Operations - Europe
BOMBER COMMAND- Cologne is the target of an experimental raid by aircraft equipped with Gee. 64 Wellingtons and 5 Stirlings are sent with orders to use Gee as a blind-bombing aid. Some hit the target accurately while others drop up to 10 miles away. Cologne records show that 44 high explosive bombs and 1,200 incendiaries fall in the city causing minor property damage. 6 industrial building report damage. 4 people are killed and 8 injured. 2 Wellingtons are lost on the raid.
- In minor operations, 23 aircraft are sent to Le Havre, 63 planes are involved in minelaying off Germany and Denmark and 1 on a leaflet flight over France. 1 Wellington on the Le Havre raid and 1 minelaying Hampden are lost.
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]Barents Sea
The Russian submarine M-173 sinks the German steamer Blankenese (3323t) of the Kirkenes, Norway.
[ | ]Burma
Chinese troops of 200th Div are sent from there to bolster the position at Taunggyi to counter the Japanese activity in the Loikaw-Loilem area. The Chinese 28th Div should have also moved into the Loilem area, but inattention to Gen Stilwell's orders makes this position dangerous. The Chinese 96th Div continues with its rearguard actions in the Sittang Valley, while the 17th Ind Div, 7th Arm Bde and the Chinese 22nd Div take up positions around Mektila and near Thazi.
[ | ]Occupied France
Maj Lord Lovat and commandos raid Boulogne. In the raid Naval forces damage 2 armed trawlers.
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