Air Operations, Bismarcks

One B-24 attacks Unea Island.

Air Operations, CBI

• 6 23rd Fighter Group P-40s strafe rail targets in and around Puchi.

Air Operations, Europe

Hundreds of Russian bombers make a mass night raid on the German positions at Yaroslavl.

• 8 OTU Wellingtons make leaflet flights to France.
• 1 Wellington crashes in England.

'Memphis Belle' Completes 25 Missions

• NASAF, NATAF, and IX Bomber Command bombers and fighters, and Allied naval forces bombard the entire island throughout the day.
• USAAF fighters down 13 Axis fighters over or near the island in three separate aerial actions.
• During the night, NAAF fighter-bombers attack the island.

Air Operations, Mediterranean

Allied Headquarters North Africa state that bombardment of Pantelleria will continue as long as no reply is received to surrender demands. Allied Strategic and Tactical air forces redouble their bombing efforts.

Air Operations, New Guinea

2 V Bomber Command B-24s attack the airfield and town at Manokwari Airdrome and Nabire.

Air Operations, Sicily

IX Bomber Command B-24s attack the Catania and Gerbini Airdromes.

Air Operations, Solomons

13th Air Force B-17s, P-38s, and P-40s attack the Munda Point airfield on New Georgia and the Vila airfield on Kolombangara.

Eastern Front

There is a Soviet attack on the Mius River sector which gains some ground. The Germans are repulsed in a similar limited effort near Lisichansk.

There is renewed fighting at Lisichansk as 3rd Guards Army presses the junction of 1st Panzer Army and 6th Army.

Another heavy air raid, this time at Yaroslavl, inflicts further heavy losses upon the Germans.

Occupied Yugoslavia

Tito is wounded in a raid by the Luftwaffe.

Tito Reviews Partisan Brigade