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February 27th, 1945 (TUESDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: Aircraft carrier HMS Powerful launched Belfast. (Construction suspended 15 May 46).

Submarine HMS Vagabond commissioned.

ENGLISH CHANNEL: U-1018 is sunk Channel south of Penzance, in position 49.56N, 05.20W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Loch Fada. 51 dead and 2 survivors. 

U-1208 is sunk in the west part of the Channel, in position 49.46N, 05.47W,  by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Labuan, Loch Fada and the  sloop Wild Goose. 49 dead (all hands lost). 

(Alex Gordon)

U-327 sunk in the west part of the Channel, in position 49.46N, 05.47W, by depth charges from frigates HMS Labuan, Loch Fada and sloop HMS Wild Goose. 46 dead (all hands lost).

GERMANY: Berlin: Another daylight USAAF raid, the biggest ever, in which 1,102 bombers rained fire-bombs on Berlin, set the city ablaze yesterday. And today 38 RAF Mosquitoes rekindled the fires which the suffering civilians had scarcely started to put out. The total quantity of high explosive dropped there represents one ton for every 60 inhabitants, a cumulative total of 60,000 tons. The aim is to create chaos.

U-3033 commissioned.

LEBANON: Beirut: The Lebanese declare war on both Germany and Japan.

BAY OF BENGAL: Submarine HMS Seadog - rescued four US airmen from a raft. Later Seadog rendezvoused with an RAF Catalina to transfer these survivors.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: Manila: An official ceremony formally re-establishes the Commonwealth of the Philippines.

CANADA: Frigate HMCS Victoriaville departed Halifax to join EG C-9 and escort Convoy SC-168.

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