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Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 86: 110 aircraft sent to Villacoublay, 42 to the airfields ant Conches and Evreux/ Fauville, 85 to the airfield at Bordeaux/ Merignax and 36 on a diversionary sweep. Four aircraft lost.
German submarine U-134 sunk with all hands in the Bay of Biscay
German submarine U-185 sunk in the Central Atlantic
Quadrant Conference at Quebec comes to an end
Great Britain and the United States officially recognise the French Committe for National Liberation (Algiers)
Himmler is appointed as German Minister of the Interior
Allied navies bombard Locri (Italy)
American troops reach the Japanese barge base at Bairoko but find it deserted. This ends the fighting on the main island of New Georgia (Operation Toenails).