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• German Major Werner Streib of 1./NJG 1 flying a Heinkel He 219 Uho night fighter shot down five Avro Lancaster bombers in a single sortie. ww2dbase [AC]
• The final liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in Poland was ordered by Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | TH]
• In Germany, 200 B-17 bombers of US 8th Air Force bomb Wilhelmshaven, while RAF aircraft bombed Münster and Düsseldorf. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
• USS Finback sank a Japanese cargo ship east of Philippine Islands, hitting her with 2 of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Finback | CPC]
• USS Runner sank Japanese cargo ship Seinan Maru in Tsugaru Strait off Hokkaido, Japan. ww2dbase [Runner (Gato-class) | CPC]

• USS S-35 arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska. ww2dbase [S-35 | Unalaska | CPC]

• 10 B-24 bombers of US 43rd Bomb Group attacked Vunakanau airfield at Rabaul, New Britain with 39,000 pounds of bombs between 0000 and 0500 hours, destroying some Japanese aircraft on the ground. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• George Kenney returned tactical control of the bombers at Port Moresby, Australian Papua to Ennis Whitehead, who had returned from Australia after receiving medical treatment for a badly infected toe. Kenney departed Port Moresby for Brisbane, Australia later in the day. ww2dbase [George Kenney | Port Moresby | CPC]

• US Navy squadron VS-54, equipped with SBD dive bombers and OS2U floatplanes, was assigned to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]

• In China, Chinese troops regained all territory in the Hubei and Hunan Provinces lost to the Japanese offensive launched on 5 May 1943. ww2dbase [Battle of Exi | CPC]

• The order for the construction of submarine U-3042 was issued. ww2dbase [U-3042 | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Bremen, Germany but diverted to the secondary target of Wilhelmshaven, Germany due to clouds over Bremen. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Wilhelmshaven | DS]

• The unwatering of the nearly-completed Dock No. 4 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, US Territory of Hawaii began. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• The invasion of Italian Pantelleria island, Operation Corkscrew, was deemed successful. ww2dbase [Battle of Pantelleria and Pelagie Islands | Pantelleria, Sicilia | TH]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Yokosuka, Japan for her 13th voyage with the Japanese Navy. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
• Light carrier Ryuho departed Hashirajima, Japan for Yokosuka, Japan to embark the air group of carrier Hiyo, which was damaged in action on the previous day. ww2dbase [Ryuho | Hashirajima, Yamaguchi | CPC]
• Hiyo, damaged by torpedo hits from USS Trigger on the previous day, arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Hiyo-class | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• Isuzu, Ariake, and Yugure escorted Hiyo, damaged by USS Trigger on the previous day, toward Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Hiyo | Isuzu | Yugure | CPC]
• Gato-class submarine USS Silversides attacked a transport heavily laden with gasoline about half way between Rabaul and Truk. The ship was hit with three out of four torpedoes fired from Silversides and exploded into a great ball of fire and then burned for several hours before sinking. ww2dbase [Silversides | DS]

• Roberts Dunstan flew his first mission as a rear gunner aboard a Lancaster bomber out of RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, attacking Düsseldorf, Germany. ww2dbase [Roberts Dunstan | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Binbrook, England | CPC]
• Andrew Geddes was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. ww2dbase [Andrew Geddes | CPC]

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