Air Operations, Carolines

XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Woleai Atoll.

Air Operations, CBI

• 10 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Kalemyo.
• 24 10th Air Force B-25s and 76 fighter-bombers attack marshalling yards at Katha and Namma, rail facilities at Naba and Namma, and targets in the Hopin and Mohnyin area.
• Several B-25s and more than 50 fighter-bombers attack numerous targets in the Mogaung Valley.
• 3 B-25s attack targets on the Tiddim road.

• The 14th Air Force�s 27th Troop Carrier Squadron begins airlifting supplies from Yunanni airfield (China) to the Chinese Army�s Y Force, which is moving against Lungling along the Salween River front in Burma.
• 14 51st Fighter Group P-40s attack Japanese Army ground forces and other targets in the Salween River area.
• 2 11th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s attack 2 Japanese Navy patrol boats near St. John Island.

Air Operations, East Indies

380th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Boela, Ceram.

Air Operations, Europe

The 8th Air Force attacks Leuna and the Königsborn Panzer depot in Magdeburg.

• 118 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of Nos. 3 and 8 Groups are sent to hit the railway yards and junction at Angers. The Bomber Command report says this was a 'good, concentrated attack' with the tracks and rolling stock being very seriously damaged. A report from the ground says that many of the bombs fall outside the target area.
• 1 Lancaster is lost.
• 181 Lancasters and 20 Mosquitos bomb 3 coastal gun positions.
• 1 Lancaster is lost.
• 31 Mosquitos are sent to Ludwigshafen and 6 to a railway junction at Laval, 10 Halifaxes and 6 Stirlings lay mines off Dutch, Belgian and French coasts, 24 aircraft are involved in Resistance operations, and there are 6 Intruder patrols and 3 RCM and 14 OTU sorties.
• 2 OTU Wellingtons are shot down in error by anti-aircraft guns on the Dorset coast.

• A record 1,341 8th Air Force heavy bombers are dispatched against six oil and rail targets in Germany, but heavy clouds force nearly 500 bombers to abort, and several hundred of the remainder salvo their bombs on a wide array of targets of opportunity all along and around the bomber routes. The assigned targets attacked are as follows: 38 B-17s against an oil target at Ruhland; 12 B-17s against an aircraft-industry target at Dessau; 15 B-17s against a secondary aircraft-industry target at Zwickau; 28 B-17s against a secondary aircraft-industry target at Leipzig; 105 B-17s against an oil dump at Konigsburg; 55 B-17s against an oil-industry target at Magdeburg; 17 B-17s against the city of Dessau; 66 B-24s against Lutzkendorf; 63 B-24s against an oil-industry target at Merseburg; 187 B-24s an oil-industry target at Zeitz-Troglitz; and 58 B-17s against a marshalling yard at Cologne.
• 26 B-17s and 6 B-24s are lost
• Escort for the heavy bombers is provided by 697 VIII Fighter Command fighters and 527 IX Fighter Command fighters, adding up to a record 1,224 escort sorties. Luftwaffe losses are 56 fighters and attack aircraft downed along the bomber routes between 1345 and 1530 hours.
• 14 escort fighters are lost with their pilots

• IX Bomber Command B-26s and A-20s attack rail bridges and marshalling yards.

• IX Bomber Command B-26s and A-20s attack rail bridges, marshalling yards, naval facilities, and V-weapons sites.

• 12th Air Force B-25s and B-26s attack bridges, viaducts, and rail lines servicing the battle area.
• XII TAC A-20s attack an ammo dump.
• XII TAC fighter-bombers provide support for advancing Allied ground forces, especially against roads and bridges.

• Approximately 100 15th Air Force B-24s attack port facilities at Genoa and a marshalling yard.

• 15th Air Force B-24s attack German Army troop concentratins around Niksic.
• 15th Air Force P-38s attack lines of communication in the Banjaluka-Bihac-Knin area.

Air Operations, Japan

2 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s reconnoiter and attack Matusuwa and Shimushu islands.

Air Operations, New Guinea

• V Bomber Command B-24s and B-25s attack Japanese Army troops, artillery positions, supply dumps, and occupied villages on Biak, Japen, and Noemfoor islands.
• 17th Reconnaissance Squadron B-25s and 3rd Light Bomb Group A-20s provide on-call support through the day for US Army ground forces on Biak.
• 38th Medium Bomb Group B-25s temporarily based at the Merauke airfield (on the south New Guinea coast) attack the airfield at Nabire after encountering bad weather over their primary target, the airfield at Jefman.
• A-20s attacking at minimum altitude support Allied ground forces engaged in heavy fighting in the Sarmi area.
• B-25s, A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack numerous targets in the Wewak area.
• 1 17th Reconnaissance Group B-25 is shot down over Biak by friendly gunners.

Burma-China

On the Salween River front Gen Wei decides to send the Chinese 71st Army, which includes the 88th Div already deployed west of the Salween, across the river, already swollen by the monsoon rains, to capture the town of Lungling.

CBI

The 236th Combat Engineer Battalion arrives at Myitkyina. The collection of American troops who arrive as relacements is integrated into the engineer-Marauder unit and eventually become known as New Galahad.

Italy

Ceprano is taken by the Canadians. Here and on all the other sectors the fighting remains fierce with the Allies everywhere attempting to push forward but in fact making few gains. The advance of the French Corps over the Monti Lepini continues. Apart from rearguards, the German XIV Pzr and LI Mtn Corps are falling back to the 'Caesar' Line because of the threat to their rear posed by the Anzio forces. During the night the Germans withdraw from Arce, leaving it to the British XIII Corps.

Mediterranean

US motor torpedo boats sin the German corvette UJ-2210 in the Ligurian Sea.

New Guinea

On Biak the US 186th Inf begins to extend their perimeter but one battalion is surprised by a fierce Japanese attack near Mokmer village and takes heavy losses. Recognizing that the position cannot be held, Gen Fuller orders the unit to withdraw and wait for reinforcements. The 162nd Inf advances westward toward the Biak Island airfields. Similarly Japanese attacks cause retreats near Arare. Gen MacArthur is confident enough, however, to announce that strategically the campaign in New Guinea is over although some hard fighting is still to be done.

Images from May 28, 1944

Knocked Out German Tanks Outside of Cori, Italy

Burned Body of German Soldier in Artena, Italy

Moving Up to the Front

Partisans of Grom and Blyskawica Polish Units