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Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 56: Biggest attack yet made. 224 aircraft attack Kiel shipyards (136 aircraft), industrial areas at Antwerp (45 aircraft) and the airfield at Courtrai (43 aircraft). Eleven aircraft lost.
German submarine U-266 sunk with all hands in the North Atlantic
German submarine U-640 sunk with all hands off Cape Farewell
The Australian hospital ship Centaur is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine
Blockade of Pantelleria begins