Air Operations, Aleutians

6 28th Comp Bombardment Group B-24s attack Kiska after being diverted from Attu by bad weather. 4 343rd Fighter Group P-40s strafe barges at Kiska.

Air Operations, Bismarcks

43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17s and 90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Gasmata, airfields in the Rabaul area, Arawe, and Cape Gloucester.

Air Operations, CBI

• 10 Air Force bombers and fighter-bombers open a three-day all-out pre-monsoon effort against Japanese lines of communication in western Burma.

Air Operations, Europe

• 13 Bostons bomb the Abbeville airfield without a loss.

• 13 Lancasters and 4 Wellingtons lay mines off Brest and in the southern part of Biscay.
• There are no losses.

• 100 VIII Fighter Command P-47s make sweeps over France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. 2 4th Fighter Group P-47s down 2 Bf-109s over Belgium.
• 1 4th Fighter Group P-47 is shot down at sea; pilot listed missing

Allied warplanes open an all-out offensive against Axis forces on the island, with special emphasis on the port and Marghana Airdrome. At least 80 B-25s, B-26s, and their P-38 escorts attack these targets.

Air Operations, Mediterranean

Allied attacks on Pantelleria are intensified, and the island is virtually cut off by a naval blockade. Heavy raids will continue until June 5.

Air Operations, New Guinea

• 1 V Bomber Command heavy bomber attacks Lorengau, Manus Island.
• Japanese bombers attack Wau.

Air Operations, Sicily

NAAF B-17s attack Trapani. 14th Fighter Group P-38s escorts down 6 Axis fighter during the return flight to their base in Tunisia.

Aleutians

A patrol from the Massacre Bay front makes contact with a Holtz Bay force before dawn. Holtz Bay is put into use by the Americans as the landing phase ends. This improves the supply situation of the Northern Force somewhat. Company K of the 32nd Infantry sweeps the entire Holtz Bay Valley, making no contact with the enemy. Preparations are made for the next phase of the battle--an attack on Chichagof Harbor. A Northern Force patrol attempts unsuccessfully to locate an easier route to Chichagof than the Holtz-Chichagof Pass, which is commanded by the steep Fish Hook Ridge. The 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry arrives along with more supplies.

Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Tanks

China

The Japanese launch an offensive across the Yangtze River in China. The ultimate objective is the Chinese capital of Chungking.

Pacific

• The US submarine Pollack (SS-180) sinks the Japanese gunboat Terushima Maru (3110t) southwest of Maleolap Atoll, Marshalls.
• The US tanker H. M. Storey is torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-25 while en route from Nouméa, New Caledonia to San Pedro, California and abandoned by the 48-man crew, 2 passengers and the 15-man Armed Guard. 2 of the crew are lost in the attack and the survivors are rescued by the US destroyer Fletcher (DD-445) and taken to Vila, Efate.

World Affairs

A United Nations Food Conference begins in Hot Springs, Va. It sits until June 3 and produces various resolutions calling for fairer distribution of resources in the post-war world.