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• At dawn, USS Snook attacked a six-ship Japanese convoy in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, damaging one tanker with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
• Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein flew the Bf 110 nightfighter for the first time, discovered technical issues, and returned to flying his usual Ju 88 aircraft, in which he shot down four British Lancaster bombers. His victories now stood at 35. ww2dbase [Heinrich | CPC]
• USS Sunfish ended her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | CPC]
• Francis Tuker was mentioned in dispatches. ww2dbase [Francis Tuker | CPC]

• PBY Catalina aircraft flying with Patrol Squadron VP-84 located German submarine U-194 in the mid-Atlantic and launched one Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo. U-194 was lost with all 54 hands. ww2dbase [PBY Catalina | Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | Mark XXIV | DS]

• RAF bombers attacked Elberfeld in the Ruhr region of Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Elberfeld, Düsseldorf | TH]

• Comandante Cappellini (Aquilla III) sighted an illuminated ship in the Indian Ocean after sundown; she submerged to avoid detection. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]

• USS Harder damaged a Japanese transport off Japan, hitting her with 1 of 7 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Harder | CPC]
• Zuikaku departed Kure, Japan for a training cruise in the western Seto Inland Sea. ww2dbase [Zuikaku | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• The Tamazato Prisoners of War Camp in eastern Taiwan was closed after less than three months in operation; on the same day, Taihoku Prisoners of War Camp No. 5 near Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan was opened. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Several black American soldiers of 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment of US 8th Air Force visited the Ye Olde Hob Inn, a local public house in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom during their off duty time. Two white US Army military policemen, Corporal Roy Windsor and Private First Class Ralph Ridgeway, of US 234th Military Police Company attempted to arrest them for not wearing their uniforms. Tension quickly built up, with the two military policemen on one side of the argument, and the black soldiers and English villagers on the other. When the military policemen left, someone threw a beer at their jeep, leading to a larger group of military policemen being dispatched to arrest the black soldiers. The two groups ran into each other on the road between the base and the pub. When the black soldiers refused to cooperate with the arrests, the white military policemen opened fire, striking Private William Crossland in the back and killing him. The death of Crossland caused panic among the black soldiers, who began arming themselves in defense, expecting a large number of white military policemen to soon arrive to round everyone up violently. ww2dbase [Bamber Bridge, England | CPC]

• Submarine Caiman was laid down by the Electric Boat Company at Groton, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [Electric Boat Company | Caiman | Groton, Connecticut | CPC]

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