22 May 1944




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- USS Trepang was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Trepang | CPC]
- U-530 departed Lorient, France for Trinidad. Aboard, she carried a Naxos radar detector to be given to the Japanese when she was to meet with Japanese submarine I-52. ww2dbase [U-530 | CPC]
- USS Pollack attacked a Japanese convoy in the Pacific Ocean, sinking destroyer Asanagi and damaging a freighter; ten torpedoes were expended in this tatack. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
- USS Ray attacked a nine-ship Japanese convoy south of the Philippine Islands with seven torpedoes, scoring five hits; Tempei Maru was sunk and two other ships were damaged. A short moment later, she fired another torpedo from a stern tube, damaging another ship. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
- Lieutenant Kenneth Elliot Meredith was named the commanding officer of HMCS Trillium. ww2dbase [Trillium | CPC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze suffered minor propeller damage when it accidentally struck a reef near Tawi-Tawi, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | CPC]
- Gao Youxin, flying a P-40N Warhawk fighter based in Xi'an, China, attacked a column of Japanese vehicles near the town of Chang-ya and claimed heavy damage. He was forced to crash land by anti-aircraft fire and was eventually able to evade capture. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Chang-ya | CPC]
- Lieutenant Colonel Francis Gabreski of US 56th Fighter Group shot down three German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft in one day over northwestern Germany. ww2dbase [Francis Gabreski | AC, JR]
- USS Puffer attacked a Japanese carrier in the South China Sea, firing 6 torpedoes and claiming 1 hit. ww2dbase [Puffer | South China Sea | CPC]
- In a Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle the word "Omaha" appeared as one of the answers. This caused considerable consternation among Allied invasion planners as "Omaha" was the codename for the French beach due to be assaulted by the US 1st Division on D-Day. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | AC]




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