Air Operations, BismarcksV Bomber Command B-17s and B-24s attack airfields in the Rabaul area and Gasmata. [ | ]Air Operations, CBIBURMA
Air Operations, East IndiesV Bomber Command B-25s attack Dili and Koepang, Timor. [ | ]Air Operations, Europe
Evening Ops:
Air Operations, New GuineaV Bomber Command B-25s attack barges along coastal areas and B-24s mount individual attacks against the Malahang airfield at Lae and a freighter in Humboldt Bay. [ | ]Air Operations, SolomonsXIII Bomber Command B-17s and B-24s attack the Kahili airfield on Bougainville. [ | ]Battle of the AtlanticThe US Coast Guard cutter Escanaba (PG-77) is sunk off Ivigtut, Greenland by a German submarine torpedo. [ | ]Germany, StrategyThe start date for CITADEL passes. Hitler is still waiting for his Panther tanks. [ | ]MediterraneanThe garrison on the small island of Linosa surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. [ | ]New GuineaThe Americans and Australians, preparing for the new offensive, reorganize by forming new 'Forces' consisting of a pair of infantry battalions supported by groups of gunners. These formations will be more suitable to the kind of warfare conducted on the island. [ | ]
PacificThe Japanese submarine I-31 is sunk by the US destroyer Frazier (DD-607) in the Aleutian Islands area. [ | ] |
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