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• Troops of the 2nd Canadian Division conducted practice for the raid on Dieppe. ww2dbase [Attack on Dieppe | TH]
• Several American PBY Catalina aircraft from seaplane tender Gillis in Nazan Bay, Atka Island began a two-day raid on Japanese ships and positions on Kiska, Aleutian Islands, but ultimately would fail to drive the Japanese from the island. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Adolf Eichmann met with representatives from France, Belgium, and Holland to coordinate the deportation of Jews. ww2dbase [Adolf Eichmann | CPC]
• Robert Saundby was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. ww2dbase [Robert Saundby | CPC]
• German submarine U-159 attacked a small Allied convoy off Panama in the Caribbean Sea, sinking British ship Fort Good Hope; 2 were killed, 45 survived. U-504 sank Norwegian passenger liner Crijnssen (1 was killed, 92 survived) and US ship American (4 were killed, 34 survived) 50 miles southwest of Grand Cayman Island. To the north, in the Gulf of Mexico, U-158 sank Panamanian tanker Sheherazade south of Louisiana, United States; 1 was killed, 58 survived. ww2dbase [Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico Campaigns | CPC]
• Armidale was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Armidale | CPC]
• 5 miles north of Cuba, German submarine U-157 sank US tanker Hagan 5 miles off northern Cuba at 1010 hours; 6 were killed, 38 survived. German submarines U-569 and U-94 sank British ship Pontypridd 500 miles east of Newfoundland; 2 were killed, 46 survived). U-455 sank British tanker Geo H Jones 500 miles northeast of the Azores islands; 2 were killed, 40 survived. German armed merchant cruiser Michel shelled British freighter Lylepark in the South Atlantic; 20 were killed, 21 survived and were captured, 4 survived and escaped capture. Also on this day, on the US coast, U-373 and U-701 laid mines just at the mouth of the Delaware Bay and off Virginia Beach, respectively, which would cause sinkings in the days to come. ww2dbase [Michel | Second Happy Time | CPC]
• Arthur Coningham was Mentioned in Despatches. ww2dbase [Arthur Coningham | CPC]
• USS Permit completed her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Permit | CPC]
• Peter Drummond was mentioned in despatches. ww2dbase [Peter Drummond | CPC]
• Gato-class submarine USS Silversides left her designated patrol area bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Silversides | DS]

• USS S-35 received orders to return to Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska to replenish supplies. ww2dbase [S-35 | CPC]

• Leonardo da Vinci fired two torpedoes at Dutch freighter Alioth, which she had been pursuing since the previous date, in the Atlantic Ocean at 0022 hours, both of which missed. At 0149 hours, she fired a bow torpedo, scoring a hit in the aft portion of the freighter. At 0212 hours, the Italian submarine fired a stern torpedo, which missed. At 0355 hours, she sank the target by gunfire. The entire crew of 44 survived the sinking, and their lifeboat would eventually be spotted by carrier HMS Archer, which brought the survivors to Freetown, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | Leonardo da Vinci | CPC]
• Comandante Cappellini sighted a fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean at 1108 hours; she submerged to avoid detection. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | CPC]
• Morosini reported her position in the Atlantic Ocean at 0100 hours. ww2dbase [Morosini | CPC]

• French troops evacuated Bir Hakeim, Libya after 16 days of stubborn defense that incurred 3,330 casualties on the Axis side; the French suffered 1,084 casualties while defending this fort; 500 seriously wounded troops were left behind in the fort. During the evacuation, heavy German artillery bombardment caused a panic and caused several French vehicles to drive off of the cleared path into surrounding minefields, detonating several in the process. The retreating forces made contact with British forces at 0400 hours. With Bir Hakeim secured, the Germans pushed toward El Adem later in the day and Knightsbridge in the evening. After 1900 hours, a few long range shots were exchanged between British and German tanks, but Erwin Rommel chose not to engaged in full combat that night. ww2dbase [Battle of Gazala | AC, CPC]
• In the El Adem, Libya area, Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down two British Hurricane fighters, Flight Sergeant Graves at 1625 hours and Australian Pilot Officer Charles William Parry Persse at 1635 hours. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | El Adem | CPC]

• Two convoys trying to reach Malta were attacked by aircraft, warships and submarines. Twelve British warships and merchantmen were sunk and eleven were damaged. ww2dbase [Malta Campaign | AC]

• The German Luftwaffe flew 1,044 sorties over Sevastopol, Russia, dropping 954 tons of bombs. ww2dbase [Battle of Sevastopol | Sevastopol | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish completed refitting at Midway Atoll and departed for Japanese waters. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Flying Fish | Midway | CPC]

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