On this day in 1942 Gen. Ralph Royce, who had been recalled to service while working in commercial aviation in the Philippines, commenced three days of raid with B-25s and B-17s from an airfield in Mindanao which remained in U.S. control. Most of the sorties were flown by B-25s, with those sorties having been taken without authority from the Dutch in Australia.
B-17 on Del Monte field on Mindanao.
The raids were quite successful and Royce was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The force returned to Australia after three days, evacuating what personnel it could as it departed.
Jawaharal Nehru pledged that India would not surrender to the Axis.
The Hungarian 2nd Army departed Hungary for the Eastern Front.
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