2 May 1944
- 54-year-old Leonard Dawe, a teacher, compiled a cross-puzzle which was published in the Daily Telegraph on this date. He was put under MI5 investigation as the crossword puzzle contained the code names of the American landing beaches in Normandy, France. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: First mention made of Night Combat Training Unit. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Nachi refueled from oiler Teiyo Maru at Ominato Guard District, Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Mutsu, Aomori | CPC]
- USS Whale made rendezvous with destroyer escort USS Fair. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
- Two transports arrived at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp with 1,800 Jews from Budapest, Hungary and 2,000 from Topolya, Yugoslavia. 1,102 were registered into the camp, and the remaining 2,698 were sent to the gas chambers. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- Floating drydock USS ABSD-2 departed California, United States in 10 separate sections. ww2dbase [ABSD-2 | California | CPC]
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