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• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk and departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• USS Seahorse sank Japanese cargo ship Akigawa Maru west of Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Destroyer Yuzuki rescued survivors of sunken light cruiser Yubari. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Overseas civilian travel was banned by the British government. ww2dbase [TH]
• British Sergeant Norman Jackson's Lancaster bomber was attacked by a German nightfighter after a bombing run over Schweinfurt, Germany. As he observed that the starboard wing was on fire, he climbed outside with a parachute and a fire extinguisher. Holding on with one hand, he attempted to put out the fire while the aircraft traveled at 200 miles per hour at the altitude of 20,000 feet. He was eventually thrown off the aircraft as the German nightfighter returned for a second attack. He would survive the fall and would become captured. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Remy Van Lierde was assigned to No. 3 Squadron RAF, flying Tempest Mk. V fighters. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Gloire began a period of refitting at Algiers, Algeria. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Anglo-Indian troops attempted to attack the Japanese positions on the far side of the tennis court in Kohima, India. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Italian motor torpedo boats attacked the Allied beachhead at Anzio, Italy before dawn, causing no damage. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of Suvorov 1st Class for the third time. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Canadian and New Zealand prime ministers arrived in London, England, United Kingdom for the Imperial Conference. ww2dbase [TH]
• American forces conducted a practice amphibious assault at Slapton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. Live artillery fire was used to simulate German defenses; in an episode of friendly fire, an estimated 400 Americans were killed as the shells came down amongst the men of the second wave. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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