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• In Ukraine, the remnants of German 1.Panzerarmee conducted a 150-mile forced march to reach German lines. ww2dbase [TH]
• A new German Bf 110 aircraft, piloted by a German defector, flew into Switzerland and made a landing at Dübendorf. Hermann Göring, fearful of the possiblity of Allied capture, wanted to dispatch commandos under Otto Skorzeny to destroy the aircraft. ww2dbase [Bf 110 | CPC]
• Submarine Kete was launched, sponsored by Mrs. E. S. Hutchinson. ww2dbase [Kete | CPC]

• Depth charges from USS Guadalcanal's anti-submarine hunter-killer group escorts Pope, Pillsbury, Chatelain, and Flaherty brought German Type IXC submarine U-515 to the surface 650 miles off Casablanca where Guadalcanal's aircraft sank it with rockets. There were 44 survivors, including the U-Boat commander Korvettenkapitän Werner Henke. ww2dbase [Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | DS]

• Destroyer USS Saufley was detached from the Emirau patrols and assigned to escort dock landing ship USS Epping Forest to Seeadler Harbor at Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Bismarck Islands | DS]

• USS Nicholas shifted to Cape Sudest, New Guinea and then Oro Bay to go alongside tender USS Dobbin to have additional radio equipment installed for Nicholas to act as a fighter director ship. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Cape Sudest, New Guinea | DS]

• At 0700 hours, US aircraft dropped supplies at Nhpum Ga, Burma. At 1000 hours, a patrol from 3rd Battalion of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) began to advance up the hill, observing a great number of Japanese dead from the recent artillery barrage. At 1100 hours, a patrol from Orange Combat Team pushed toward the western edge of Nhpum Ga. At 1200 hours, the 3rd Battalion reached Nhpum Ga. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | Nhpum Ga | CPC]

• While conducting close reconnaissance of Satowan Islands in the Caroline Group, submarine USS Thresher struck a reef and broached the surface. Thresher was undamaged and apparently unobserved by the Japanese. ww2dbase [Thresher | Satowan Island | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Tarakan, Dutch East Indies at 1022 hours, and departed at 1755 hours to escort tanker Nasusan Maru. ww2dbase [Stewart | Tarakan, Borneo | CPC]

• Robert Johnson shot down a German Fw 190 aircraft over Kiel, Germany. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | CPC]

• Japanese troops captured Kanglatongbi and began to surround the Anglo-Indian troops at Imphal, India. To the north at Kohima, India, Japanese troops captured GPT ridge, forcing the British troops to fall back to Garrison Hill. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Kanglatongbi, Manipur | CPC]

• Masafumi Arima was named the commanding officer of 26th Air Flotilla based at Clark Airfield, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | Pampanga | CPC]

• In Romania, Soviet 27th Army captured Târgu Frumos while Soviet 42nd Guards Rifles Division wiped aside Romanian 6th Infantry Division and captured Pascani 14 miles to the west. ww2dbase [Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | Târgu Frumos | CPC]

• Soviet troops broke through German defensive lines at Kerch, Russia. ww2dbase [Kerch, Krym | TH]

• Submarine Blenny was launched at Groton, Connecticut, United States, sponsored Florence King, daughter of Admiral Ernest King. ww2dbase [Electric Boat Company | Blenny | Groton, Connecticut | CPC]
• Stan Bailey was named the commanding officer of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 based in Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara in California, United States. ww2dbase [Santa Barbara, California | CPC]

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