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• USS Blenny reported sinking a Japanese oiler with a torpedo. ww2dbase [Blenny | CPC]
• USS R-1 completed an extensive modernization. ww2dbase [R-1 | CPC]
• Chuck Yeager married Glennis Dickhouse. ww2dbase [Charles Yeager | CPC]

• 45 miles west of Iwo Jima, Japanese submarine I-368 was spotted on the surface by US Navy Lt(jg) F.M. Fay flying a TBM-1C Avenger from USS Anzio. The Avenger released a Mark 24 FIDO acoustic homing torpedo and I-368 was lost with all 86 hands. ww2dbase [Mark XXIV | Anzio | TBF Avenger | DS]

• 1,500 French prisoners of war arrived at the Oflag IV-C camp at Colditz Castle in Germany, having been transferred from the camp at Königstein. ww2dbase [Colditz Castle | Colditz, Sachsen | CPC]
• Soviet 3rd Guards Tank Corps and 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps took over as the main offensive force in the eastern Pommern region of Germany (occupied Poland). ww2dbase [East Pomeranian Offensive | Pommern | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | DS]

• Near Prekuln, Latvia, heavy Soviet attacks were held off by German troops. ww2dbase [Prekuln | TH]

• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) forced to cancel sweeps of installations on Kyushu, Japan due to heavy seas; began retirement to Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]

• Indian 2nd Division completed the crossing of the Irrawady River at Ngazumi, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Ngazumi | CPC]
• US aircraft attacked Lashio Airfield, Burma for the last time. ww2dbase [Lashio Airfield | Lashio | CPC]

• USS Cero completed her scheduled overhaul at Mare Island Navy Shipyard in Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Cero | Vallejo, California | CPC]

• German V-2 rocket hit the Northern Outfall Sewer in West Ham, London, England, United Kingdom at night. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]
• Escort carrier USS Card, with 74 passengers embarked, was prepared to depart Liverpool for New York but had to remain in port due to high winds. ww2dbase [Card | Liverpool, England | DS]

• Kamoi arrived at Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Batavia, Java | CPC]

• American troops captured Corregidor, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Corregidor, Cavite | CPC]
• Palawan attack force, with USCGC Spencer as flagship and destroyer USS Shaw as screening vessel, departed Mindoro for Puerto Princesa, Palawan. ww2dbase [Spencer | Shaw | Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Mangarin, Mindoro | DS]
• USS Nicholas arrived at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Lingayen Gulf, Luzon | DS]

• Lieutenant General Millard F. Harmon, Commanding General, USAAF Air Forces, Pacific Area, departed Guam for Kwajalein, Marshall Islands in his C-87 transport aircraft. ww2dbase [HM]

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