Air Operations, Carolines
- 39 XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Truk Atoll.
- During the night, VII Bomber Command B-24s attack the Truk Atoll.
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]Air Operations, CBI
BURMA- 23 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Chauk, Lonywa, and Yenangyaung.
- More than 50 10th Air Force fighter-bombers attack Mogaung, Myitkyina, and Tapo.
- USAAF transports based in Yunnani, China, airlift ammunition to 2 Chinese Army divisions in action along the Salween River.
- 3 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack shipping in the South China Sea.
- 23 14th Air Force P-51s and P-40s attack Japanese Army tanks at Lingpao and rail lines at Linfen and Loning.
- B-25s, P-38s, P-40s, and P-51s mount numerous attacks throughout the Tungting Lake region.
- 29 10th Air Force B-25s airlift ammunition to Imphal.
- 6 14th Air Force P-40s attack a bridge at Tasa.
| ]Air Operations, Central Pacific
A VF-50 F6F downs a Marianas-based P1Y 'Galaxy' bomber at sea near Task Force 58 at 0825 hours.
[ | ]Air Operations, Europe
RAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
- 432 aircraft attack railway targets at Achères, Dreux, Orléns and Versailles. In this total are 323 Lancasters, 90 Halifaxes and 19 Mosquitos. All targets are believed to have been hit although there are no details available.
- 15 Lancasters and 3 Halifaxes are lost.
- 32 Mosquitos are sent to Berlin, 30 aircraft lay mines off France on the flanks of the invasion area, and there are 7 Serrate and 18 Intruder patrols and 13 RCM sorties.
- 2 Mosquitos are lost on the Berlin raid.
FRANCE:
- Of 883 8th Air Force B-17s and B-24s dispatched throughout the day, 609 formed into small tactical formations (10 to 65 bombers) attack five Luftwaffe airdromes and numerous towns through which German Army lines of communicatioin pass on the way to the Normandy battle area.
- 1 B-24 is lost
- VIII Fighter Command fighters mount 1,491 sorties while escorting the heavy bombers, patrolling the beachhead area, and attacking a wide variety of communications and tactical targets in the Normandy area.
- 24 fighters and their pilots are lost
- VIII Fighter Command and 9th Air Force fighter pilots down 29 Luftwaffe fighters and a Ju-52 over northwestern France between 1010 and 2150 hours.
FRANCE:
- IX Bomber Command B-26s, A-20s, and fighter-bombers attack numerous transportation and tactical targets in the beachhead area.
ITALY:
- 12th Air Force B-25s and B-26s attack rail and road targets near Rome.
- XII TAC A-20s attack road targets.
- XII TAC fighters and fighter-bombers attack road targets and motor vehicles north of the battle area.
ITALY:
- 15th Air Force B-17s and B-24s attack Ancona, the Ferrara Airdrome, a marshalling yard and oil-industry targets at Mestre, a marshalling yard at Porto Marghera, and oil-industry targets in Trieste.
- Supported by 1st Fighter Group P-38, 46 82nd Fighter Group P-38s equipped as dive-bombers and fitted with one 1,000-pound bomb apiece, attack the Franco-American oil refinery at Ploesti. 36 bombs are dropped, and an oil-cracking plant, oil tanks, and other facilities are damaged or destroyed, as are a variety of ground targets that are strafed by the fighters. 1st and 82nd Fighter Group P-38 pilots down 33 Axis aircraft over Romania during the course of the mission.
- 14 1st Fighter Group P-38s and 8 82nd Fighter Group P-38s are lost
| ]Air Operations, New Guinea
- V Bomber Command A-20s attack the Babo airfield.
- B-25s, A-20s, and RAAF aircraft attack the Wewak area.
| ]Atlantic
- The US destroyer Glennon (DD-620) is sunk by coastal gunfire in the Normandy area.
- Tank landing craft LCT-209 sinks after running aground off the beachhead.
- The US freighter Charles Morgan (7244t) is damaged by a bomb off Utah Beach that kills 7 of the 64-man Army stevedore unit on board and 1 merchant crewman. The fleet tug Kiowa (ATF-72) rescues the survivors. Despite effortes to save her, the Charles Morgan is declared a total loss.
| ]Battle of the Atlantic
Mosquitos 'T', 'S', 'V' and 'W' of No 248 Squadron are on patrol over the approaches to Brest intent on attacking any U-boats attempting to break out. Flying at low leve, the aircrews see U-821 break the surface about 2-1/2 miles ahead. The U-boat apparently has not seed the aircraft since they are at only 30 feet above the water. Each aircraft attacks in turn and after a series of strafing runs, the crew are seen abandoning the submarine. Liberator 'K' comes up in support and makes two depth charge attacks, the second of which sinks the U-boat.
| Class | Type VIIC |
| CO | Oberleutnant zur See Ulrich Knackfuss |
| Location | English Channel, N of Ushant |
| Cause | Air attack |
| Casualties | 50 |
| Survivors | 1 |
| ]Burma
Chinese-American attacks against Myitkyina meet with no success. In the Mogaung valley Chinese forces besiege Kamaing. On the Salween front the Chinese 87th and 88th Divs attack Lungling.
[ | ]China
The Japanese advance along the Liu-yang River with 5 divisions and threaten the important town of Changsha, north of Canton.
[ | ]Eastern Front
Over the next few days Cherepanov's 23rd Army attacks the Finnish positions on the Karelian Isthmus. As always now in any Soviet operation the artillery support is massive. Terijoki and Yalkena are quickly taken. 3 Russian divisions annihilate 1 Finnish regiment of the 10th Div and advance 10 km in the Karelian Isthmus.
FINNISH SECTORThe Leningrad Front begins its arty preparation. After a considerable bombardment, Gusev's 21st Army attacks on a 9-mile front, pushing the Finns slowly back across the Sestra. The 23rd Army also begins its probing attacks while the 13th Air Army pounds the Finnish defenses as the ground troops move forward.
[ | ]Indian Ocean
In a diversionary operation for the coming American attacks on the Marianas the British fleet carrier Illustrious and the escort carrier Atheling raid Sabang.
[ | ]Italy
On the Adriatic coast Pescara and Chieti are taken by units of Gen Sir Charles Keightley's V Corps. On the outskirts of Bagnoregio German rearguards slow down the advance of the South African 6th Arm Div of XIII Corps. The X Corps also meets strong resistance before Terni, while the New Zealand 2nd Div captures Avezzano.
[ | ]New Guinea
The Japanese assemble a task force consisting of two battleships, three heavy cruisers, two light cruiser, and seven destroyers to escort transports with over 800 soldiers to reinforce Biak. Fighting continues on Biak, where the Americans meet a more and more obstinate resistance. As the 41st Infantry Division continues to make little progress, Lt-Gen Krueger notifies Lt-Gen Robert L. Eichelberger of I Corps to be prepared to take control of the battle. But, Japanese activity in the Hollandia-Aitape grows less.
[ | ]Occupied France
In what is known as the 'Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre' a detachment of the SS Panzer Div Das Reich murders 642 inhabitants of the village near Limoges. 200 women and children are burned to death in a church. Only 10 were able to feign death and escape. They had committed no crimes but were the helpless victims of the SS which had been unable to find one of its commanders kidnapped by the French Maquis. The SS division had also been harassed by French Resistance fighters in their move to the Normandy front from Toulouse.
[ | ]Pacific
- The Japanese submarine RO-42 is sunk by the US destroyer escort Bangust (DE-739) in the Marshall Islands area.
- The British submarine Tantalus sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Hiyoshi Maru (535t) in the Strait of Malacca.
| ]Western Front
The V And VII Corps of the US 1st Army join up at Auville-sur-le-Vey, but the town of Carentan remains firmly in the hands of the German 17th Pzr Div. In the US VII Corps sector units of the 4th Div take some positions below the Montebourg-Quineville road and objectives along the road from Montebourg to Le Ham. The 101st Airborne Div begins to surround Carentan.
The American 9th Div, latest to arrive, begins to land. By the end of the day the Allies have put ashore 325,000 men.
On the left flank of the US V Corps units of the 1st Div reach the road linking Bayeux to St Lô.
In the British 2nd Army sector the I and XXX Corps keep up their pressure on Caen. Gen Montgomery establishes his hq in France. Montgomery's plan is for a double attack, from the east by the I Corps advancing as far as Cagny from the right bank of the Orne, southeast of the city, and from the west by the 7th Arm Div of XXX Corps, which will move from the Bayeux region and after taking Tilly-sur-Seulles, Villers-Bocage and Noyers-Bocage will occupy the heights at Evrecy, southwest of Caen. The 7th Arm Div begins the offensive in the direction of Tilly-sur-Seulles, meeting stubborn resistance from the German Panzerlehr Div.
[ | ]Images from June 10, 1944
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