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• SHAEF, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, established its headquarters in England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [TH]
• Irwin was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Irwin | CPC]
• Shark (Balao-class) was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Shark (Balao-class) | CPC]
• The British Royal Navy's Second Escort Group (Captain F. J. Walker) sank the German submarine U-424. ww2dbase [AC]

• At 0030 hours, 25 TBF torpedo bombers of US Marine Corps squadron VMTB-233 launched from Bougainville to mine Simpson Harbor near Rabaul, New Britain; one aircraft turned back due to mechanical problems. The Japanese shot down six TBF aircraft during the mining mission. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
• USS Honolulu and USS St. Louis came under attack by four Aichi D3A 'Val' dive-bombers. St. Louis was struck by one bomb that exploded within the ship, killing 23 and wounding 28. ww2dbase [St. Louis | Honolulu | New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Solomon Sea | DS]

• Japanese launched a major attack on the Anglo-Indian defensive position "Admin Box" at Sinzweya, Burma, capturing one hill on the perimeter. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Arakan | Sinzweya, Arakan | CPC]

• UIT-23 was sunk by torpedoes from HMS Tally-Ho in the Strait of Malacca. 26 of 40 survived, including the commanding officer, Oberleutnant zur See Werner Striegler, who was then brought to Penang, Straits Settlements to be made the commanding officer of UIT-25. ww2dbase [Reginaldo Giuliani | Luigi Torelli | Strait of Malacca | CPC]

• Harold Alexander visited the Allied beachhead at Anzio, Italy and was dissatisfied with the commanding officer Major General John Lucas. ww2dbase [Harold Alexander | Battle of Anzio | Anzio, Lazio | CPC]
• 13 Italian motor torpedo boats arrived at Fiumicino, Italy. ww2dbase [Fiumicino, Lazio | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]

• USS Snook sank Japanese freighter Nittoku Maru in the East China Sea, hitting with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Snook | East China Sea | CPC]
• Japanese aircraft from Rabaul, New Britain attacked the Allied convoy sailing for the Green Islands, damaging USS St. Louis with one hit and a few near misses (killing 23), but they would fail to stop the convoy. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | CPC]

• Heinrich Himmler's orders to re-establish the Chelmno Concentration Camp in occupied Poland was received by German officials of Reichsgau Wartheland; the camp resumed extermination in May 1944. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Chelmno Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Chelmno nad Nerem, Konin | TH]

• USS Wake Island departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [Wake Island | Norfolk, Virginia | CPC]
• Destroyer USS Shaw arrived at Hunters point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States for repairs. ww2dbase [Shaw | San Francisco, California | DS]
• Escort carrier USS Bogue arrived at Norfolk, Virginia. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Bogue | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]

• Submarine USS Saury arrived at Midway and began making repairs. ww2dbase [Saury | Midway | DS]

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