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• USS Marcus Island arrived at the Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Indian 2nd and 20th Divisions reached Pyingaing, Burma, which was not defended by the Japanese. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• While leading 16 Mustang fighters of 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron back from an attack on the Wuchang-Hankou ferry terminals in Hubei Province, China, Lieutenant Colonel Edward McComas strafed the Japanese airfields at Wuchang and Erdaokou, destroying (in less than an hour) five Ki-43 fighters in the air and another two Japanese aircraft on the ground. ww2dbase [AC]

• Adolf Eichmann fled Budapest, Hungary before dawn. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Whale sank four Japanese fishing trawlers with her deck gun off Nakano Shima in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Kamoi departed Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan at 0530 hours, escorted by auxiliary patrol boat Kousei Maru; she arrived at Ise Bay at 1457 hours. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Blenny reported sinking a Japanese transport with torpedoes. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Destroyer Yuzuki was sunk by US Marine Corps aircraft north-northwest of Cebu, Philippine Islands; 20 crewmen were killed, 217 survived and rescued by destroyer Kiri. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• 25 German prisoners of war escaped from Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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