It was Mother's Day in the United States.
Mother's Day Mass st Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia in 1943. From the collection of Charles E. Emory & Ronald L. Glendinning Photographs (COLL/2439), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections. Marine Corps Photograph.
Spanish dictator Francisco Franco delivered a speech in which he favored a restoration of the peace, claiming that "neither the Axis nor the Allies could destroy the other".
As shrewd as Franco was, there's reason to believe that he did not believe that, but perhaps he was rather hoping that the war would conclude at this point before Spain was dragged in on the doomed Axis side.
Ju 88 with Lichtenstein radar.
A crew of Luftwaffe defectors flew a Ju 88 fitted with new Lichtenstein radar to Scotland. This story, even now, is shrouded in mystery, with it being only really clear that two members of the crew intended to defect, while a third may have been an unwilling passenger.
The aircraft was significant in allowing the Allies to study German aviation radar.
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was killed in a training accident.
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