Over Germany… In an air raid on Berlin, the RAF loses 27 Lancaster bombers out of the 383 aircraft committed, plus 168 crew members. The damage to the German capital is negligible.

On the Eastern Front… Soviet forces capture Olevsk and Novograd-Volynski, to the west and southwest of Korosten. Red Army troops are now within 24 km of the old Polish frontier.

In the Bismark Archipelago… On New Britain there is continued fighting in the Borgen Bay area (near Cape Gloucester) as the US 7th Marine Regiment continues its offensive. American forces lack armor support at this time.