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Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 71: 121 aircraft sent to attack aircraft factories at Le Mans, 71 to attack aircraft factories at Nantes and 83 to attack the U-boat base at La Pallice. Eight aircraft lost.
General Sikorski, the leader of the free Poles, is killed in an air crash
British Commandos raid an airfield on Crete