Air Operations, CBI

• 13 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s attack building and fuel dumps at Owchihkow and Shihshow, and 23rd Fighter Group P-40 escorts attack gun emplacements near Shihshow.
• 10 449th Fighter Squadron P-38s and 23rd Fighter Group P-40s attack targets of opportunity between Sinti and Yoyang, and Yoyang and Sienning; and 4 23rd Fighter Group P-40s attack a convoy in Hong Kong harbor.

Air Operations, Europe

• 660 bombers are sent to hit the twin towns of Monchengladbach and Rheydt. Included in this total are 297 Lancasters, 185 Halifaxes, 105 Stirlings, 57 Wellingtons and 14 Mosquitos.
• The visibility is good and the Oboe-assisted marking of both targets is what Bomber Command describes as 'a model' of good Pathfinder marking. The bombing is very concentrated with little 'creepback'.
• 25 bombers are lost.
• There is a minor raid to St Omer. This is the first of a series of small raids in which OTU crews bomb ammunition dumps located in various forests of northern France. A handful of Pathfinder aircraft mark each target and one of the purposes of the raids is to accustom OTU crews to bombing on markers before being posted to front-line squadrons. This raid is carried out by 33 OTU Wellingtons, with the Pathfinders providing 6 Oboe Mosquitos and 6 Halifaxes. The target is a dump in the Forêt d'Eperlecques, just north of St Omer. The bombing is successful and a large explosion was seen.
• 2 Wellingtons are lost.

• 12 Mosquitos are sent to Duisburg and 9 Stirlings lay mines in the Frisians.
• 1 Mosquito is lost.

Two RAF engine technicians make a very close inspection of the Hercules engines of a Stirling.

Inspecting Hercules Engines

Air Operations, New Guinea

• V Bomber Command B-24s attack But, Dagua, and Tadji while B-25s mount sweeps along the northwestern coast.
• 3rd Light Bomb Group A-20s attack barges in the Bubui River.

Air Operations, Solomons

• 27 XIII Bomber Command B-24s and more than 40 AirSols P-39s, P-40s, and F4Us attack the Kahili airfield on Bougainville, where 1 B-24 is lost.
• XIII Fighter Command P-39s and P-40s down 5 A6M Zeros between Kahili and Vella Lavella between 1600 and 1630 hours.
• Marine Corps F4Us down 14 Zeros between Vella Lavella and southern Bougainville between 1630 and 1715 hours. 6 AirSols fighters are lost in the action.

Germany, Planning

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Diplomatic Relations

The period laid down at the Lisbon talks for the acceptance by Italy of unconditional surrender is about to expire, but the Italian government has not yet come to a decision. Gen Castellano is summoned to Sicily by the Allies through the British ambassador to the Vatican, D'Arcy Osborne.

Eastern Front

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