Air Operations, BismarcksOne V Bomber Command B-24 attacks the Cape Gloucester airfield on New Britain. [ | ]Air Operations, CBICHINA
Air Operations, East IndiesV Bomber Command B-24s attack Boela in the Molucca Islands. [ | ]Air Operations, EuropeRAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
Air Operations, GilbertsDuring the night, 4 VII Bomber Command B-24s based at Funafuti mount individual attacks against targets in Tarawa Atoll at two-hour intervals. These attacks are a diversion for a photo-reconnaissance mission by Funafuti-based B-24s to Mille Atoll and other areas of the Marshall Islands. [ | ]Air Operations, New GuineaV Bomber Command B-24s attack Sorong and B-25s attack Madang and Salamaua. [ | ]Air Operations, SolomonsA VF-26 F4F downs a G4M 'Betty' bomber near over a US Navy convoy near San Cristobal Island at 1100 hours. [ | ]Britain, PolicyThe BBC warns civilians to evacuate the vicinity of factories working for Germany. Similar warnings will be broadcast to Belgian, Dutch and Hungarian civilians later. [ | ]ChinaGen Stilwell informs Chiang Kai-shek about the decisions made at the Trident Conference relating to the proposed Far East strategy. [ | ]MediterraneanOver the next week Force 'H', including the reconstructed Valiant and Warspite, is transferred from Scapa Flow to Oran and Alexandria in preparation for Operation HUSKY. [ | ]
PacificThe disguised raider Michel sinks another Norwegian ship west of Australia. [ | ]
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