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• USS Blackfin sank Japanese cargo ship Unkai Maru #12. ww2dbase [Blackfin | CPC]
• Commandos and Royal Marines landed on Walcheren Island in the Netherlands to aid clearing German troops from Scheldt Estuary, capturing the towns of Vlissingen and Westkapelle. ww2dbase [Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | TH]
• Lord Gort was appointed the High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine. ww2dbase [John Vereker | CPC]
• The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Abner Read was sunk by a Japanese dive bomber attack in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [AC]
• Vice Admiral Denshichi Okawachi was named the commanding officer of the Southwest Area Fleet and the 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleet; Rear Admiral Kaoru Arima was named his chief of staff. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Ray attacked a five-ship Japanese convoy, sinking cargo ship Horai Maru No. 7 and damaging a small tanker; all 3 torpedoes fired in this attack found their targets. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
• USAAF pilots 1st Lieutenant Walter Groce and 2nd Lieutenant William Gerbe, Jr., both flying P-47 fighters, shared credit for the downing of a German Me 262 jet fighter. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Luce departed Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Luce | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]

• USS Portland entered Ulithi Lagoon and became one of the screening vessels in the Fast Carrier Task Force. ww2dbase [Portland | Ulithi | DS]

• Japanese troops reached Guilin, China. ww2dbase [Operation Ichigo | Guilin, Guangxi | CPC]

• In Germany, Buchenwald Concentration Camp's satellite camp Dora became an independent camp called Mittelbau-Dora; it was to become an underground aircraft and V-weapon production site. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Nordhausen | CPC]
• Martin Gottfried Weiss was assigned to oversee the Mühldorf subcamp of Dachau Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Martin Gottfried Weiss | Dachau Concentration Camp | München-Oberbayern | CPC]
• U-1233 was transferred to 33rd Submarine Flotilla. ww2dbase [U-1233 | CPC]

• British forces entered Salonika (Thessaloniki), Greece. ww2dbase [Salonika | AC]

• USS Dragonet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Dragonet | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Night Air Group 90 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• USS New Mexico arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• USS Barbero attacked a Japanese patrol boat with her deck gun in the Dutch East Indies, causing no damage. ww2dbase [Barbero | CPC]

• Italian Navy Xa MAS reported a strength of 7,615 men. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Italian "Folgore" parachute regiment was officially renamed "1° Reggimento Arditi Paracadutisti 'Folgore'", differing from the prior name by the preceding "1°". Lieutenant Colonel Edvino Dalmas renamed the regiment's commanding officer. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Nobukiyo Nambu arrived at the headquarters of the 6th Fleet at the Sasebo Submarine Base, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nobukiyo Nambu | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]

• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Eniwetok, Marshall Islands for Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Eniwetok | DS]

• Emden assisted the cruiser Köln, which had run aground on the Norwegian coast. ww2dbase [Emden | CPC]

• USS Haddock fired 11 torpedoes at a convoy in the South China Sea, claiming 2 hits on 2 transports. ww2dbase [Haddock | South China Sea | CPC]

• A battleship force on station at the northern entrance to Surigao Strait consisting of battleships USS Mississippi, California, and Pennsylvania screened by cruisers USS Phoenix, Boise, Nashville, and HMAS Shropshire along with destroyers Ammen, Bush, Leutze, Newcomb, Bennion, Heywood L. Edwards, Robinson, Richard P. Leary, Bryant, and Claxton came under an intense Japanese air attacking force that included special attack aircraft. USS Ammen sustained a glancing blow from a Yokosuka P1Y 'Francis' that caused considerable topside damage and killed 5 men. An Aichi D3A 'Val' crashed across Abner Read's main deck as it dropped a bomb down one the destroyer's stacks that exploded in the engine room. Abner Read jettisoned her torpedoes which immediately began their runs toward other ships in the group. Abner Read began sinking by the stern and 20 minutes after the attack, she rolled over and sank. 24 were killed. Meanwhile, Mississippi and Nashville had to take emergency evasive actions to avoid the torpedoes. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Nashville | Leutze | Phoenix | Pennsylvania | Boise | Mississippi | Tokko "Kamikaze" Special Attack Doctrine | California | Leyte Gulf | DS]

• The gas chamber at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland was used for the last time, killing 206 Jews. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]

• Roosevelt Roads Naval Base in Puerto Rico was downgraded to naval station status. ww2dbase [Roosevelt Roads Naval Base | Ceiba | CPC]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Takao, Taiwan at 1519 hours, departed Takao at 1721 hours, and arrived at Saei District (Chinese: Zuoying) of Takao at 1825 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Takao | CPC]

• A German V-2 rocket hit Eglington Road in Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom at 0210 hours, killing 7 people. At 0510 hours, another rocket hit Friern Road in Camberwell, London, killing 24 and injuring 17. A third rocket hit Shardeloes Road in Deptford, London at 1830 hours, killing 31, seriously injuring 62, and lightly injuring 90. Two other rockets hit London that day, though causing little damage. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]

• USS Wake Island arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [Wake Island | Norfolk, Virginia | CPC]

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