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- USS Flying Fish attacked a Japanese transport in the Sea of Japan; all 3 torpedoes fired missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Captain Shigenori Kami was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy 10th Air Fleet. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Gabilan departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her sixth and final war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
- I-14 departed Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- US PB4Y-2 aircraft from Okinawa, Japan began laying mines in waters off the southern tip of Korea. ww2dbase [CPC]
- US B-24 bombers based in the Philippine Islands struck Shinchiku Airfield (now Hsinchu), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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