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• Manchukuo transferred destroyer Haiwei to Japan. The ship was reclassified as an auxiliary escort and was renamed Kari. ww2dbase [Kashi | CPC]
• German submarine U-67 sank British tanker Empire Mica southwest of Cape St. George, Florida, United States at 0750 hours; 33 were killed, 14 survived. ww2dbase [Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Campaigns | CPC]
• British submarine HMS Thrasher sank Italian freighter Diana 100 miles north of Tobruk, Libya at 1445 hours; Italian motor torpedo boats counterattacked with 17 depth charges, causing no damage to Thrasher. ww2dbase [CPC]
• German 4th Panzer Army threatened to surround the Soviet 40th Army as the Germans advanced toward Voronezh in southern Russia; 1,000 Soviet tanks were released from the reserves to reinforce the defense. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | CPC]
• George Marshall asked Douglas MacArthur for thoughts on replacing George Brett with Frank Andrews, not knowing that Andrews would reject a transfer to Australia. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Allied convoy QP-13 was spotted by a German Fw 200 aircraft. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | CPC]
• Submarine USS Growler set out for her first war patrol, departing Midway bound for the Aleutians. ww2dbase [Growler | DS]
• After loading a full complement of torpedoes at Newport, Rhode Island, USS Nicholas departed for Casco Bay, Maine for shakedown exercises. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• USS S-35 arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [S-35 | Unalaska | CPC]
• USS Honolulu departed Kodiak Island, Alaska and resumed Alaskan patrols. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Kodiak | DS]

• German submarine U-126 attacked Canadian sailing vessel Mona Marie 50 miles southwest of Barbados at 0125 hours, forcing the crew of 8 to abandon ship. At 0610 hours, U-754 sank British merchant ship Waiwera 400 miles northwest of the Azores islands; 8 were killed, 97 survived. U-153 sank American merchant vessel Ruth with a torpedo 320 miles northeast of Barbuda; 35 were killed, 4 survived. At 1355 hours, U-505 sank American merchant ship Thomas McKean with two torpedoes, 350 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. At 1745 hours, U-158 sank Latvian merchant ship Everalda 360 miles southwest of Bermuda; all 36 aboard survived. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | CPC]
• German Type IXC U-Boat U-505 torpedoed and sunk the American Liberty ship Thomas McKean northeast of Puerto Rico. 5 were killed and 55 were rescued. ww2dbase [U-505 | Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Campaigns | DS]

• [date approx.] Lieutenant Commander Leonard Sparks Mewhinney took command of submarine USS Saury at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Saury | Fremantle | DS]

• USS S-44 departed waters north of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [S-44 | Savo Sound | CPC]

• Destroyer Yuzuki departed Truk, Caroline Islands, escorting a convoy transporting airfield construction crews to Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yuzuki | Truk | CPC]
• Repair ship Akashi provided repair work for destroyer Asashio at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• James Doolittle was awarded the Order of the Cloud and Banner 3rd Class of the Republic of China by Song Meiling. ww2dbase [James Doolittle | Chongqing | CPC]

• German 90th Light Division reached Sidi Abdel Rahman, Egypt. ww2dbase [Battle of Mersa Matruh | Sidi Abdel Rahman | CPC]
• British cruiser HMS Dido, 7 destroyers, and submarine depot ship HMS Medway were evacuated out of Alexandria, Egypt as Axis troops advanced toward El Alamein, Egypt; the ships sailed for Haifa, Palestine. ww2dbase [Alexandria | CPC]

• 253 British bombers (108 Wellington, 64 Lancaster, 47 Stirling, and 34 Halifax) attacked Bremen, Germany, damaging the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory and the A. G. Weser submarine shipyard; 11 bombers were lost on this mission. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]

• USS Saratoga arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii after ferrying aircraft to Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Saratoga | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]

• 377 Americans held at the Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong were released in exchange for the United States to release a number of Japanese and Thai internees. ww2dbase [Stanley Prison and St Stephen's College | CPC]

• Benito Mussolini flew to Libya, with his white horse, to prepare for a victory parade through Cairo, Egypt. ww2dbase [Benito Mussolini | CPC]

• USS S-38 set course for waters between the Russell Islands and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [S-38 | CPC]

• Troops of German 16th Infantry Regiment and 65th Infantry Regiment crossed Severnaya Bay north of Sevastopol, Russia in 130 rubber boats, landing behind Soviet defenses at 0100 hours, establishing a bridgehead. ww2dbase [Battle of Sevastopol | Sevastopol | CPC]

• The first USAAF involvement in the European air war occurred when one American crew joined No. 226 Squadron RAF at RAF Swanton Morley in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom for a raid on northern France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | Swanton Morley, England | AC]

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