WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 6, 1944:
Air War
Pacific: First purpose-built US night fighter – Northrop P-61 Black Widow – destroys Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber over Saipan.
Eastern Front
Central Sector: Russian 1st BRF captures Kovel, in northwest Ukraine.
Politics
USA: De Gaulle and Roosevelt confer in Washington; De Gaulle welcomed in New York City, July 10.