15 Aug 1941
- Douglas MacArthur oversaw the induction of the Philippine Army Air Corps. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | CPC]
- Orion reached Spanish territorial waters and disguised herself as the Spanish ship Contramestre Casado. ww2dbase [Orion | CPC]
- In Germany it became a criminal offence for Jews not to wear the yellow Star of David. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | AC]
- German parachutist Josef Jakobs, captured in Britain on 1 Feb 1941, was executed by firing squad at the Tower of London in England, United Kingdom at 0715 hours. He was the last person to be executed at that site. ww2dbase [London, England | CPC]
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