Air Operations, CBI

• 7 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s attack the airfield at Pailochi Airdrome.
• 5 23rd Fighter Group P-40s strafe military targets at Tangyang.
• 11 P-40s attack a bridge at Puchi.
• 10 P-40s attack the airfield at Shasi and nearby river traffic.

Air Operations, East Indies

V Bomber Command B-24s attack the Penfoei airfield at Timor and Koepang.

Air Operations, Europe

IX Bomber Command B-24s attack the harbors at Reggio di Calabria and Villa San Giovanni.

At the official commencement of Operation CORKSCREW, air attack by NAAF medium and light bombers and fighters are intensified, with special attention being paid to the destruction of shore batteries. Operating from its base at Korba, Tunisia, the 27th Fighter Group makes its combat debut on a mission against Pantelleria with the new A-36 Apache dive-bombers. During two separate fighter actions, 52nd and 325th Fighter Groups down 7 Bf-109s.

Air Operations, Mediterranean

The Allied bombers press home their attacks on Pantelleria hitting shore defenses and gun emplacements.

Soldiers of Port Labor Battalion June 6, 1943 on Attu

Air Operations, Sicily

IX Bomber Command B-24s attack the ferry terminal at Messina.

Air Operations, Solomons

AirSols P-38s and P-40s strafe coastal targets on Choiseul.

Diplomatic Relations

Spain proposes the establishment of 'no-bombing zones'.

A Sherman tank leaves a landing craft during an exercise on the North African coast, 6 June 1943.

Unloading a Sherman Tank on North African Coast

Indian Ocean

The US tanker William King (7176t) is torpedoed and sunk by u-198 off the South African coast losing 6 of the 42-man crew in the attack. The British trawler Norther Chief and the British destroyer Relentless rescues survivors on June 8 and 12 respectively.

Pacific

• The US submarine S-30 (SS-135) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship (No. 3 Nagashige Maru south of Kamchatka.
• The US submarine Tautog (SS-199) sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Shinei Maru (973t).