Air Operations, Aleutians

• 7 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s and 12 B-24s dispatched against Attu are rerouted to Kiska, where they drop their bombs. 8 343rd Fighter Group P-40s also attack Kiska.
• Organized Japanese resistance on Attu collapses. US Army ground forces land on Shemya Island.

Air Operations, CBI

• 7 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s temporarily based at the Hsinching airfield at Chengtu attack Japanese Army gun positions around Ichang with the result that Chinese Army ground forces defending the city are able to mount an immediate counterattack.
• 4 23rd Fighter Group P-40s attack Tengchung and targets of opportunity along the Burma Road.
• 11 23rd Fighter Group P-40s attack river traffic at Shasi and rail traffic north of Yoyang.

Air Operations, East Indies

380th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s based at the airfield at Fenton, Australia, attack Kendari, Celebes.

Air Operations, Europe

• Naples records its 60th air raid.
• FW-190 fighter-bombers raid Torquay. A church is hit killing 20 children and 5 adults.

• 27 aircraft lay mines off the Biscay ports and there are 14 OTU sorties.
• There are no losses.

• NASAF B-17s attack an aircraft-industry factory and landing ground at Pamigliano and the airdrome and marshalling yards at Capodichino.
• IX Bomber Command B-24s attack the airbase complex and facilities at Foggia.
• NAAF P-38 fighter-bombers attack Chilivani and the port and railway station at Aranci.
• A 1st Fighter Group P-38 downs and Italian Re-2001 fighter over the Golfo Aranci at 1705 hours.

IX Bomber Command B-25s attack troop concentrations, and NAAF fighters and medium bombers and NATAF fighters attack various targets around the island.

Air Operations, Mediterranean

Round-the-clock bombing of Pantelleria continues.

Air Operations, New Guinea

43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17s attack Boram and Wewak.

Air Operations, Sardinia

NAAF P-38s attack the marshalling yard at Chilivani and strafe various targets of opportunity throughout the island.

Aleutians

After their last, desperate effort, all organized resistance by the Japanese on the island is exhausted. The Americans complete the capture of Attu. The Japanese have lost 2,350 killed including about 500 suicides by hand grenades and only 28 wounded have been captured. The American have paid dearly for their conquest. The losses amount to 600 dead and 1,200 wounded in capturing what is really a very unimportant position.

An American detachment occupies the island of Shemya without opposition.

Atlantic

The British submarine Untamed is lost when she fails to surface during exercises with anti-submarine sloop Shemara off Campbeltown, Scotland. All 36 crew members are lost.

On 30 May 1943, the Flora MacDonald (Capt. Ernest Wright Jones), escorted by HMS Fandango, was hit by a torpedo from German submarine U-126. 7 of the 70 crew are lost.

U-126 Sinks the Flora MacDonald

Battle of the Atlantic

U-126 torpedoes the US freighter Flora McDonald off the west coast of Africa. The escorting British trawler Fandango rescues the survivors and takes them to Freetown, Sierra Leone.

France, Politics

De Gaulle arrives in Algiers for talks with Gen Giraud to reconcile their differences. Talks take place to establish a central authority for the unified conduct of the French war effort. De Gaulle also meets with Churchill.

Pacific

The US submarine Saury (SS-189) attacks a Japanese convoy sinking the merchant cargo ship Shoko Maru (5335t) and the army cargo ship Takamisan Maru (1992t) about 150 miles east-southeast of Shanghai, China.

Vichy France

Vichy announces that the previously immobilized French naval squadron in Alexandria harbor had gone over to the Allies. According to the Laval government, the French ships had been subjected to incessant pressure from the British, including the withholding of pay.