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• In the face of over 52,000 murders in Kiev, Ukraine, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov denounced German atrocities in the Soviet Union and began to document incidents of atrocities for future actions. ww2dbase [Vyacheslav Molotov | TH]
• British aircraft sink Italian freighter Perla off Pantellaria off the Tunisian coast. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Frederick Aikman was assigned to the No. 154 Squadron RAF. ww2dbase [Frederick Aikman | CPC]

• Japanese aircraft from Truk, Caroline Islands attacked Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
• Nine Japanese flying boats attacked Vunakanau Airfield at Rabaul, New Britain, destroying a direction-finding station and damaging a Wirraway fighter, a Hudson bomber, and the runways; one Wirraway fighter was scrambled and reached the flying boats, but it failed to hit the attackers. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 1, Bismarck Islands | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Japanese aircraft bombed Dutch positions on Ambon, Dutch East Indies for the first time. ww2dbase [Dutch East Indies Campaign, Celebes and Moluccas | Ambon | CPC]

• German Navy Großadmiral Erich Raeder inspected battleship Tirpitz at Kiel, Germany. ww2dbase [Tirpitz | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | CPC]

• German forces successfully evacuated Agedabia, Libya. ww2dbase [Operation Crusader | Agedabia | CPC]

• 11 British RAF Coastal Command bombers attacked Sola Airfield at Stavanger, Norway in indirect support of the Operation Kitbag naval attack at Florø, Norway. ww2dbase [Stavanger | CPC]
• British cruiser HMS Sheffield, destroyer HMS Inglefield, and destroyer HMS Intrepid departed Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom for Operation Kitbag at 0300 hours, reaching Florø, Norway by the evening, sinking a trawler and damaging fish processing facilities. ww2dbase [Florø | CPC]

• Remy Van Lierde was assigned to the No. 609 Squadron RAF. ww2dbase [Remy Van Lierde | England | CPC]

• USS Yorktown, Louisville, and St. Louis departed San Diego, California, United States to escort transports carrying the US 2nd Marine Brigade to American Samoa. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Yorktown-class) | Louisville | St. Louis | San Diego, California | CPC]
• USS Hammann departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [Hammann | Norfolk, Virginia | CPC]
• USS New Mexico departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Norfolk, Virginia | CPC]

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