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• The Australian hospital ship Centaur was sunk by a Japanese submarine. ww2dbase [TH]
• Remy Van Lierde became the first pilot to drop bombs on an enemy target from a Typhoon fighter; en route back to base, he shot down a German He 111 bomber, which was his third kill. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• US 475th Fighter Group was established in Australia. Lieutenant Colonel George Prentiss would arrive one week later to take command of this new formation. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Robert Johnson saw action in flight for the first time while escorting B-17 bombers over Belgium, damaging two German Fw 190 aircraft. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Japanese 3rd Division captured Gong'an, Hunan Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• British Mosquito reconnaissance aircraft photographed a German rocket at Peenemünde, Germany; it was estimated to be 38 feet in length and 2 feet in diameter. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• US aircraft bombed the Bluie East Five site in eastern Greenland, suspecting German usage of the site. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Shokaku departed Kure, Japan for another series of trips to Oita, Iwasihima, and Tokuyama. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• The Martin B-26 Marauder made its operational debut in northern Europe with a partially successful attack by US 322nd Bomb Group on the Velsen power station at Ijmuiden in the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• In Britain, following more "Upkeep" bomb dropping training at the Wainfleet Bombing Range on the Wash (where a wooden mock up of the dam's towers had been constructed) at full night dress rehearsal was conducted on the Uppingham and Colchester reservoirs. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• Joseph Stilwell arrived in Washington DC, United States to attend the Trident Conference. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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