Air Operations, Europe

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

• All 146 1st Heavy Bomb Wing B-17s and 2 YB-40s sent to attack Villacoublay and Tricqueville Airdromes return to England with their bombloads after finging solid cloud cover over both targets.
• 14 B-17s are damaged by Luftwaffe fighers
• 86 4th Heavy Bomb Wing B-17s attack the marshalling yards and an aircraft industry factory at Le Mans with 181 tons of bombs about 2000 hours. During the bomber withdrawal, a 78th Fighter Group P-47 donws 2 Bf-109s near Gournay.
• There are no losses

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.

Pacific

The Japanese cargo vessel No.8 Mikage Maru (3371t) is sunk in a collision whith Nikko Maru 30 miles west of Iwanni, off the coast of northern Honshu.

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