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- The Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet was reorganized to contain two air groups and one base force. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Two BQ-7 drones were launched against targets in Germany. Both crashed outside of Haldorf, Germany, their secondary target. ww2dbase [Operation Aphrodite and Operation Anvil | Haldorf, Kurhessen | CPC]
- USS Wake Island arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii and disembarked the aircraft she was ferrying. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Wake Island | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Two Soviet Armies under General Malinovsky advanced 60 miles in Romania and Hungary in 8 days. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | TH]
- The Brazilian Expeditionary Force was given the order to capture Monte Della Torraca southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]
- While returning to San Pedro Bay, destroyer USS Shaw withstood an aerial special attack when a Japanese plane dove on the ship and crashed into the sea 25 yards off Shaw's port bow. Shaw sustained no damage. ww2dbase [Tokko "Kamikaze" Special Attack Doctrine | Leyte Gulf, Leyte | DS]
- SS Antoine Saugrain was rendered dead in the water after being struck by two aerial torpedoes in Philippine waters. The ship claimed to have shot down several Japanese aircraft. She was carrying 450 passengers and crew; some were wounded during the attack, but all would eventually be accounted for after all survivors were rescued. ww2dbase [Antoine Saugrain | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | CPC]
- While returning to San Pedro Bay, destroyer USS Shaw withstood an aerial special attack when a Japanese plane dove on the ship and crashed into the sea 25 yards off Shaw's port bow. Shaw sustained no damage. ww2dbase [Shaw | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Leyte Gulf, Leyte | DS]
- Rear Admiral Freeland A. Daubin was named the commanding officer of New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]
- USS Cero entered Mare Island Navy Shipyard in Vallejo, California, United States for a scheduled overhaul. ww2dbase [Cero | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]




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