US NAVY
ATLANTIC—Carrier Ranger (CV-4) in TF 22 ferries 72
USAAF P-40s (earmarked for ultimate delivery to Burma) to Accra off the Gold
Coast of Africa.
With the
successful operation of convoys off the East Coast of the United States,
Admiral Doenitz orders the last U-boats deployed there (U-89, U-132, U-402,
U-458, and U-754) reassigned to other hunting grounds.
Unarmed
U.S. tug Keshena is sunk by mine east of Okracoke Island, North
Carolina, 35°00'N, 75°45'E, while engaged in salvage work on torpedoed and
mined Panamanian-flag tanker J.A. Mowinkel. Two men perish in the
explosion, but the surviving crew (14 men and 1 woman) is rescued by a launch
and taken to the Coast Guard station at Okracoke.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s hit Bengasi while B‑17’s
attack Tobruk in continuing effort to disrupt movement of supplies.
TENTH AF—In response to a Chinese request, 2 B‑25’s strike
in pt of Chinese ground forces at Linchwan, a Japanese-held city under siege
for some time. The Chinese CO later reports that the raid broke the stalemate
and the city was entered the next day.
ELEVENTH AF—Search missions are flown over Attu and Agattu.
US ARMY
SOUTH WEST PACIFIC AREA—From
Rabaul, Japanese invasion force of about 1,800 men sails for Buna, New Guinea. Lugger
arrives at Buna with supplies and machine guns of Company B, Australian 39th Battalion.
CHINA BURMA INDIA—General Stilwell submits to Chiang
Kai-shek a plan, dated 18th, calling for Allied co-operation in regaining Burma
as a necessary preliminary to getting aid to China.
US MARINE CORPS
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