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• Duguay-Trouin joined the Allied fleet; she would be re-armed in Jul 1943. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Yekaterina Budanova shot down a Bf 109 fighter, sharing the credit with other pilots. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• General Charles de Gaulle arrived in Algeria to become, with Henri Giraud, co-Presidents of the French Committee of National Liberation (FCNL) but soon used his superior political skills to become sole leader of the organization. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• Japanese and Chinese troops clashed at Gaojialing in the Hubei-Hunan border region in China; the Japanese used chemical weapons during this engagement. On the same day, Chinese 6th War Area commander Chen Cheng ordered a full scale counter offensive to be launched. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Army 19th Fighter Squadron departed. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• Yamato undocked from the drydocks at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Mengele became the doctor for the Gypsy Family Camp (Sector BIIe) of Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Submarine Hackleback was launched at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, sponsored by the wife of W. L. Wright. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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