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• 13 British Spitfire fighters intercepted a large Axis air convoy off Tunisia, shooting down 7 SM.82 and 1 Bf 109 aircraft at the cost of only 2 Spitfire fighters. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• William Halsey met with Douglas MacArthur at the latter's headquarters in Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• A scheduled fighter sweep from Rabaul, New Britain was cancelled as a reconnaissance aircraft failed to return from northeastern New Guinea island region. Despite of this cancellation, Isoroku Yamamoto announced the successful conclusion of the I-Go air offensive. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Japanese troops began preparing for a new offensive in the region between Wuhan and Yichang in China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Italians raised the wreck of Foch at Toulon, France for repair. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Marine Fighting Squadron 222 (VMF-222) on board. Part of British Squadrons 882, 896, and 898 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• The first night fighter attack on London, England, United Kingdom, carried out by thirty Focke-Wulf 190 aircraft, turned into a farce. Only two bombs hit the city, and four German pilots got lost, thought that they were over France and landed at West Malling RAF fighter base in Kent where three were taken prisoner and one was killed crash-landing. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
• The first release of a non-explosive "Upkeep" bouncing bomb took place at Reculver, off the North Kent coast in Britain, but the device broke up on hitting the water. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• The Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization, or SACO for short, was officially signed by Captain Milton Miles and General William Donovan for the United States and by Foreign Minister Song Ziwen (also known as T. V. Soong) and Colonel Xiao Bo for China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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