- Mission 533: 824 bombers and 675 fighters, in 3 forces, are dispatched to strategic targets (aircraft and tank factories, airfields and fuel depots) in south-eastern Germany; weather deteriorated enroute and many bombers were recalled when confronted with a front rising to 28,000-feet (8,534 m) and most units attacked targets of opportunity; only 25 bombers hit their primary (Sindelfingen); 18 bombers and 3 fighters are lost;
targets were (numbers in parenthesis indicate number of bombers bombing).

(1) Of 359 B-17s, 103 hit Pirmasens; 56 hit Elsenborn, 41 hit Karlsruhe, 30 hit Ulm, 8 hit Spreicher and marshalling yards at Saarbrucken (34) and Luxembourg (29); 11 B-17s are lost. Escort is provided by 243 P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs; 1 P-47 and 1 P-51 are lost. 
(2) Of 218 B-17s, 16 hit Aachen, 12 hit Eindhoven, 12 hit St Vith marshalling yard and 7 hit targets of opportunity; 3 B-17s are lost. Escort is provided by 162 P-47s and P-51s without loss. 
(3) Of 247 B-24s, 147 hit Saarbrucken marshalling yard and 25 hit an aircraft engine plant at Sindelfingen; 4 B-24s are lost. Escort is provided by 165 P-38 Lightnings, P-47s and P-51s; 1 P-38 is lost.

- Mission 535: 3 B-17s fly a Micro H test mission against Aubigny, France airstrip. Escort is provided by 16 P-38s without loss.

- Mission 536: 6 B-17s drop leaflets in France and the Netherlands during the night.

- 116 P-47s, escorted by 40 P-51s, are dispatched on fighter-bomber missions against communications in France without loss.

During the ten days of fighting the Finns lose 1700 men KIA or wounded; Soviet casualties are estimated at 3000 men.

This is the last significant battle of Continuation War that is about to end in few weeks. The battle ends in a 'real' Finnish victory (unlike the earlier battles of Tali-Ihantala, Vuosalmi and Bay of Viipuri, which are classed by Finnish military historians as 'defensive victories' - hey, that's all you can have when a people of 3,8 million fights against people of about 180 million! :-), the opposing Soviet divisions are effectively destroyed as fighting formations.

ITALY: The USAAF Fifteenth Air Force in Italy dispatches around 400 B-17s and B-24s, with fighter escort, hit targets in Hungary and Yugoslavia; B-17s bomb an aircraft assembly plant and a rolling stock plant at Gyor, Hungary and a marshalling yard and oil refinery at Brod, Yugoslavia; B-24s bomb 2 airfields and an oil refinery at Budapest, Hungary.

ALGERIA: Algiers: The Free French declare the Vichy government null and void.

MARSHALL ISLANDS: Eniwetok Atoll: A PB4Y-1 Liberator of the USN's Bombing Squadron One Hundred Sixteen (VB-116) based at Stickell Field, crashes on takeoff and burns amid the 340 planes in the carrier aircraft replacement pool area; 106 F6F Hellcats, FM Wildcats, SB2C Helldivers and TBM Avengers are destroyed.

U.S.A.: The motion picture "Hail The Conquering Hero" is released. This comedy, directed by Preston Sturges, stars Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest and Franklin Pangborn. The plot involves Bracken, who wants to join the Marines but is 4F, leaving town and having his friends send postcards from all over the world. When he returns, he is mistaken as a hero. The film is nominated for one Academy Award.

Submarine USS Tirante launched.

Coast Guard-manned Army vessel FS-189 was commissioned at New Orleans with LT B. Spencer, USCG, as commanding officer. He was succeeded on 26 October 1945, by LTJG William J. Barry, USCGR. She was assigned to and operated in the Southwest Pacific area including Hollandia, Leyte, Parang, etc.

Coast Guard-manned Army vessel FS-190 was commissioned at New Orleans with LTJG A. Peterson, USCGR, as first commanding officer. On 1 August 1945, the FS-190 was attached to Service Squadron Nine, Service Force, Seventh Fleet under operational control of CNOB, Leyte, proceeding independently from Mindoro to San Fernando, Luzon with cargo for CNOB, Lingayen Gulf. She arrived at 1730 and awaited and completed discharge operations from the 2nd through the 4th. On the 5th she was underway independently for Tacloban, Leyte, carrying two enlisted men (USN) as passengers with no cargo. She arrived on the 7th and on the 13th got underway independently for Manus Island in the Admiralties, arriving at Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island on the 20th. Here she took on cargo for the Boat Pool, Naval Shore Facilities, Tacloban and also cargo for USS Oglala and USS Otus. On the 27th she was also underway for Tacloban, travelling independently and blacked out at night. The above constituted a good cross section of the activities of the typical Coast Guard-manned FS-type vessel in this area during this period.

Coast Guard-manned Army vessel FS-262 was commissioned at New York with LTJG B. Hribar, USCGR, as first commanding officer. On 22 September 1944 she departed New York for the Southwest Pacific where she operated during the war.