Air Operations, CBI

• 5 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s, escorted by 10 P-40s, attack the airfield at Pailochi.
• 18 23rd Fighter Group P-40s attack troop barges at Itu and Japanese Army troop columns near Changyang.

Air Operations, Europe

The day brings some of the most violent air fighting yet seen in Russia. The Luftwaffe makes ferocious attacks on Kursk. The Russians claim 162 'kills' for a loss of 30. Major air battles also continue over the Kuban.

• 21 Wellingtons and 14 Stirlings lay mines off the Biscay ports without a loss.

Air Operations, New Guinea

V Bomber Command B-17s and B-24s attack the airfields at Boram, But, Dagua, and Wewak, and conduct attacks on coastal shipping.

Air Operations, Sardinia

NAAF P-40s attack targets of opportunity throughout the island.

Air Operations, Sicily

NAAF P-38s attack the Trapani/Milo Airdrome.

Battle of the Atlantic

• U-202 surfaces to transmit her daily report which is picked up by escorting ships of convoy HX-241. The Britsh sloop, HMS Starling, runs down the bearing of the U-boat's transmission and delivers a series of depth-charge attacks. The damage submarine surfaces and is finished off with cannon fire and more depth charges.

U-202 Class Type VIIC CO Kapitänleutnant G&uunl;nther Poser Location North Atlantic Cause Depth charge/gunfire Casualties 18 Survivors 30

U-105 Class Type IXB CO Kapitänleutnant Jurgen Nissen Location Mid-Atlantic, off Dakar Cause Air attack Casualties 54 Survivors None

• U-105 is sunk by a French aircraft of No 141 Squadron operation from Dakar and escorting convoy SL-130.

• The German submarine U-521 is sunk off the coast of Virginia by the US submarine chaser PC-565.

U-521

US Submarine Chaser PC-565

Diplomatic Relations

Pope Pius appeals to the combatants to apply the 'laws of humanity' in air warfare. The British particularly are stung by the inference that its large-scale attacks against German population centers are immoral.

Eastern Front

The Red Air Force bombs Kiev and Roslavl, while the Luftwaffe bombs the city of Kursk.

Mediterranean

A convoy of 129 ships with 19 escorts passes through the Straits of Gibraltar en route for Oran, Algiers, Malta and Tripoli.

Between June 2, 1943, when the first train carrying German prisoners arrived at the Frisco Railroad Depot in Aliceville, Alabama, and its closing in September 1945, the Aliceville Prisoner of War camp was home to over 6,000 German prisoners of war (POWs). Many of the first arrivals were members of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s famed Afrika Korps.

Aliceville POW Camp

New Guinea

Alamo Force (code name used for the US 6th Army) plans the assaults on Kiriwina and Woodlark Islands (Operation CHRONICLE). Two battalions of the 158th RCT, reinforced by the 46th Engineer Regiment, anti-aircraft and support units, will capture Kiriwina. Col Prugh J. Herndon is to command the assault. Woodlark Island is the assignment of the 112th Cavalry Regiment, supported by the 12th Marine Defense Battalion, Seabees, and support units. Brig-Gen Julian W. Cunningham, the commander of the 112th, will command the assault. One battalion of the 158th RCt will be the Alamo Force reserve.

Pacific

The US submarine Tambor (SS-198) sinks the Japanese transport/cargo ship Eika Maru in the South China Sea.