In Tokyo… Admiral Koga, Commander in Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleets, is killed in an airplane accident. Political differences in the Japanese hierarchy prevent the immediate appointment of a successor.

On the Eastern Front… Troops of 3rd Ukrainian Front (Malinovski) capture Ochakov, southwest of Nikolayev.

In the Caroline Islands… On Palau Island, attacks by US forces from Task Force 58 (including 11 carriers) continue.