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Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 73: 116 aircraft sent to attack aircraft factory at Villacoublay, 84 to attack airfield at Le Bourget and 64 to attack airfield at Amiens. Eight aircraft lost.
German submarine U-160 sunk with all hands off the Azores
Axis counterattack on Sicily is defeated
American troops capture Laiana Beach, half way between their landing beach and Munda (New Georgia).