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• German submarine U-804 sank American destroyer escort USS Fiske with torpedoes in the central Atlantic. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• USS Flier departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• In France, III/KG 100 sent out 9 Do 217M aircraft with V-1 flying bombs attached to attack railways and roads around Pontaubault in Normandie in an attempt to stall the Allied break out of the area. Mosquito fighter from 488 Squadron (RNZAF) intercepted the Germans, shooting down 2 before they had launched their bombs. The other Dornier bombers aborted the mission. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | HM]
• US VIII Corps moved west along Brittany coast from Avranches, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Leutnant Erich Sommer flew an Ar 234 V7 prototype aircraft over the Allied Normandy beachheads in France while the two Rb 50/30 cameras on board took a photograph every 11 seconds. This was the first jet aircraft reconnaissance mission in aviation history. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Nachi arrived at Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS New Mexico arrived at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Wasp arrived at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Soviet-sponsored 1st Polish Army established a bridgehead over the Vistula River south of Warsaw, Poland. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Zigeunernacht ("Gypsy Night"): 4,000 Roma were killed and cremated at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Turkey severed diplomatic relations with Germany. ww2dbase [TH]

• A V-1 flying bomb caused the deaths of 12 residents of Pendle Road in the borough of Streatham, South-west London, at 0510 hours, a second bomb impacted on Gypsy Road in Upper Norwood, killing 3, one of whom was an elderly lady awaiting evacuation from the area. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | HM]

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