Air Operations, Aleutians

• 7 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack the airfield on Attu.
• 4 B-25s, 31 343rd Fighter Group P-38s, and 14 P-40s mount 13 separate attacks on Kiska.

Air Operations, CBI

• 6 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack a rail bridge at Pazundaung.
• 7 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack a bridge at Myitnge.
• 10 B-25s attack rail facilities at Myitnge.
• 16 51st Fighter Group P-40s attack two bridges and a town.

Air Operations, East Indies

90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Amboina.

Air Operations, Europe

In one of the 8th Air Force's largest operations yet 115 B-17 bombers are sent to attack Bremen aircraft factories. 16 aircraft fail to return while 10 German fighters are shot down.

• 37 Venturas bomb railway targets at Abbeville and Caen and a power station at Zeebrugge. All targets are hit and there are no losses.

• 24 aircraft lay mines off the Biscay ports without a loss.

Air Operations, Mediterranean

American bombers make another devastating raid on Palermo, Catania and Syracuse.

Air Operations, Sicily

• NASAF B-17s attack shipping and port facilities at Palermo, and escorting P-38 pilots of the 1st Fighter Group's 94th Fighter Squadron down 3 Ju-88s and damage at least 10 other Luftwaffe aircraft in an engagement over the target at 1300 hours.
• IX Bomber Command B-17s and a squadron of RAF Liberators attack Catania.

Air Operations, Tunisia

• NASAF B-17s attack shipping and port facilities at Ferryville.
• NATBF A-20s attack a variety of targets in support of Allied ground units.
• In their unit's combat debut, 36 P-40s of the 325th Fighter Group's 318th and 319th Fighter Squadrons escort B-25s of NASAF 319th Medium Bomb Group on a mission against the Luftwaffe airdrome at Mateur. 1 P-40 and its pilot are lost, but a pilot of the 318th Figther Squadron scores the group's first confirmed victory of the war.

Air Operations, North Africa

The Germans bomb Algiers killing 16 nuns in a convent.

Axis Diplomacy

In an attempt to curry favor with the Pope and Spain, Hitler appoints 2 'old school' diplomats, Ernse Freiherr von Weizsäcker and Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff, as Ambassadors in the Vatican and Madrid, respectively.

Battle of the Atlantic

Battle of the Atlantic

The US Coast Guard cutter Spencer (PG-36) sinks the German submarine U-175 in the North Atlantic area.

U-175

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks U-boat

U-boat Crew Interrogation

Eastern Front

The only real activity is in the Kuban Peninsula where the Russians continue to press the 17th Army back.

The German 17th Army comes under heavy attack in the Kuban. Fighting continues on and off throughout the summer.

Pacific

The US submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Amaho Maru (2769t) off Yerimozaki, Hokkaido.