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• USS Hoe made a night time underwater torpedo attack, damaging a Japanese freighter with 1 out of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Hoe | CPC]
• USS Finback fired three torpedoes at a Japanese ship east of Philippine Islands; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Finback | CPC]

• More than 20 B-17 and B-24 bombers attacked Lakunai airfield at Rabaul, New Britain before dawn. A J1N1 nightfighter (pilot Chief Flight Officer Satoru Ono, observer Lieutenant (jg) Kisaku Hamano) shot down one bomber, while two B-24 bombers fired on each other over Rabaul in confusion. ww2dbase [J1N | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• B-17 bomber "R. F. D. Tojo" conducted a photographic reconnaissance mission over Buka in the Solomon Islands. It successfully made two passes over the Japanese base, but all film would turn out to be bad upon its return. ww2dbase [Buka | CPC]

• The world's first turbojet reconnaissance bomber, the Arado Ar 234V-1 Blitz (GK-IV), made its maiden flight at Rheine, Germany with Flugkapitän Selle in the cockpit. ww2dbase [Ar 234 Blitz | Rheine, Westfalen-Nord | AC, CPC]

• Naka departed Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Naka | Jaluit | CPC]

• US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 returned to the front lines from a month of rest at Efate, New Hebrides, transferring to Turtle Bay fighter strip on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Gunnel sank Japanese cargo ship Kayo Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with 2 of 7 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Gunnel | East China Sea | CPC]

• HMS Cumberland arrived at Thurso, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Cumberland | Thurso, Scotland | CPC]

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