Air Operations, Europe

• 16 Wellingtons lay mines of Lorient and St Nazaire.
• 1 Wellington is lost.

Air Operations, New Guinea

V Bomber Command B-24s attack Nabire. B-25s attack Japanese Army ground positions along the Bitoi River. A-20s attack supply dumps around Nassau Bay and 1 B-24 attacks a building near Salamaua.

Air Operations, Solomons

During the night, US Navy warships bombard the Munda Point airfield on New Georgia, the Vila airfield on Kolombangara, and Japanese bases in the Shortland Islands.

Mediterranean

During the month of June the Greek submarine Katsonis torpedoes 3 ships in the Aegean.

Solomons

A squadron of cruisers and destroyers commanded by Rear-Adm A. Stanton Merrill shells the Vila-Stanmore area on the island of Kolombangara, and the Japanese base at Shortland while other vessels lay mines in the area to prevent the Japanese from bringing in reinforcements. Some of the US convoys bound for New Georgia are sighted by the Japanese but they mistakenly believe that they are merely carrying supplies to Guadalcanal.

Ships Moving Toward Rendova, Late Afternoon, 29 June 1943

Aboard the transport McCawley, Adm Turner's flagship, 29 June 1943. From left, Brig-Gen Leonard F, Wing, Rear-Adm. Theodore S. Wilkinson, Rear-Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner, and Maj-Gen John H. Hester.

Senior Officers Aboard the Transport