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• The British began an inquiry to see if intelligence collected really suggested the existence of German rockets. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Scorpion unsuccessfully attacked a Japanese Q-ship with three torpedoes in the Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Scorpion | CPC]
• Commander Shunsaku Ikeda was made the commanding officer of Tanikaze. ww2dbase [Tanikaze | CPC]

• Oberleutnant zur See Harald Lange assumed command of German Type IXC U-Boat U-505 at Lorient, France. ww2dbase [U-505 | DS]

• Lebanon gained independence from France. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Aichi held the first test flight of the submarine-borne attack aircraft M6A1 Seiran over Ise Bay. Lieutenant Commander Tadashi Funada was the chief test pilot. The test was a failure due to a non-responsive horizontal tail stabilizer, but it nevertheless generated much interest with the Japanese naval leadership. ww2dbase [M6A Seiran | CPC]

• USS Bluefish attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, sinking two tankers and damaging several other ships; she expended 18 torpedoes in this series of attacks, 13 of which made hits. ww2dbase [Bluefish | CPC]

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