Air Operations, Aleutians6 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, Bismarcks43rd 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, CBIBURMA
Air Operations, EuropeBOMBER COMMANDDaylight Ops:
NORTHWESTERN EUROPE:
PANTELLERIA: 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, MediterraneanAllied 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
Air Operations, SicilyNAAF B-17s attack Trapani. 14th Fighter Group P-38s escorts down 6 Axis fighter during the return flight to their base in Tunisia. [ | ]AleutiansOn Attu the American forces advancing from the north and south of the island link up and prepare to attack what they believe are the last Japanese positions on the approach to Chicagof Harbor. In the northern sector new units and supplies are landed. [ | ]
ChinaThe Japanese launch an offensive across the Yangtze River in China. The ultimate objective is the Chinese capital of Chungking. [ | ]Pacific
World AffairsA 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. [ | ] |
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