Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 16 23rd Fighter Group P-40 fighter-bombers attack rail facilities at Yoyang in two waves.
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]Air Operations, Europe
Over 100 US Fortress bombers make a devastating daylight raid on Leghorn (Livorno). P-40s and Marauders hiit 4 Sicilian airfields despite 'terrific flak'.
BOMBER COMMANDDaylight Ops:
- 12 Venturas bomb a power stations at Zeebrugge.
- 1 Ventura is lost.
- 34 aircraft lay mines in the Frisians, off the Brittany ports and in the Gironde River and there are 5 OTU sorties.
- There are no losses.
| ]Air Operations, Gilberts
3 VII Bomber Command B-24s based at Canton Island attack Abemama Atoll.
[]Air Operations, New Guinea
43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17s and 90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack the airfields at Boram, Dagua, and Wewak and the Wewak-Dagua road.
[ | ]Air Operations, Solomons
- An attack by AirSols light bombers against Kolombangara and the Munda area is hampered by bad weather, but a number of bombers are able to attack the aifield at Munda Point on New Georgia.
[ | ]Aleutians
On Attu the Japanese, already squeezed into the Chicagof Harbor area, take refuge in the surrounding mountains. The Americans drop leaflets inviting them to surrender.
[ | ] Japanese Battleships at Truk |
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United States, Home Front
The Office of War Mobilization is established to co-ordinate production.
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