Air Operations, Aleutians

6 28th Composite Bomb Group B-25s, 8 343rd Fighter Group P-38s, and 8 P-40s attack Kiska.

Air Operations, Australia

18 G4M 'Betty' bombers and 27 A6M Zeros attack Darwin. RAAF Spitfires down 1 'Betty' and 5 Zeros, but 8 Spitfires are also lost.

Air Operations, CBI

7 Ki-43 'Oscar' fighters strafing the airfield at Changsha are assailed by 8 P-40s of the 23rd Fighter Group’s 75th Fighter Squadron at 0900 hours, and 6 of the 'Oscars' are brought down. In related fighter engagements at the same time near the airfields at Hengyang and Lingling, 75th Fighter Squadron P-40s down 5 of approximately 30 other 'Oscars'. 1 P-40 is lost with its pilot.

Air Operations, East Indies

V Bomber Command B-25s attack Penfoei, Timor.

Air Operations, Europe

• 12 Bostons and 12 Venturas are sent to attack a steelworks at Ijmuiden. The Venturas are successful, the Bostons are not. 7 Mosquitos bomb the railway workshops at Thionville.
• There are no losses.
• 68 Dorniers lay mines off the estuaries of the Thames and Humber in 3 night missions during May.
• 5 planes are lost.

USAAF Liberators now operated from North Africa and targeted Italy and Sicily.

US B-24 Liberators

Air Operations, New Guinea

• V Bomber Command B-25s attack Toeal.
• 1 43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17 attacks Finschhafen.

Air Operations, Pacific

Japanese aircraft from Salamaua, New Guinea, bomb Darwin, Australia.

Air Operations, Solomons

XIII Bomber Command B-17s attack the Munda Point airfield on New Georgia and Rekata Bay. USAAF and USN fighters also attack the Munda Point aifield.

Baltic Sea

The German liner/transport Gneisenau is sunk by an RAF mine.

Eastern Front

Heavy fighting continues in the Kuban.

There is furthern heavy fighting in the Kuban as 17th Army is force to give ground in the face of strong Soviet attacks. The Germans are able to prevent any major penetration of their positions, holding a relatively strong front.

North Africa

The Americans still cannot break through the 'Mousetrap'.

In the US II Corps area, the 9th Div's 60th Regimental Combat Team occupies Kef en Nsour as the enemy withdraws speedily toward Bizerte.

Moroccan Goumiers (auxiliary units attached to the French Army of Africa) taking a break from training maneuvers. Morocco. 1943.

Moroccan Goumiers