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Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 51: 83 aircraft sent to attack port area at Lorient, 59 attack target, 1 aircraft lost. 25 aircraft sent to attack port area at Brest, 18 attack target, 3 aircraft lost.
Admiral Yamamoto ends Operation 'I', a series of air strikes on Allied bases at Guadalcanal and Papua.
The discovery of the mass graves of Polish officers murdered by the Soviets at Katyn Wood is announced in London
Vichy government announces the evacuation of children from Cherbourg, Dieppe, Le Havre and St Malo