The British Admiralty announced the loss of the destroyer
HMS Pakenham which was scuttled north of Pantelleria by HMS
Paladin after sustaining heavy damages in action with the
Italian torpedo boats Cigno and Cassiopea off Sicily on
16
April 1943.
North Africa. Armoured units of First Army drove across neck
of Cape Bon, cutting off Afrika Corps troops in the peninsula
from those holding out round Zaghouan.
Russian Front. Soviet Air Force made heavy raids on Kiev,
Briansk and Orel.
Lieutenant General Jacob Loucks Devers arrived in London as
United States Commander in Europe, where, from his London
headquarters, he organised and trained many divisions for
the cross-channel attack.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). During
9-10
May 1943, Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) Wellingtons
bomb Palermo and surrounding area. B-17 Flying Fortress heavy
bombers follow up, shortly past noon, with raids on airfields
at Milo and Bo Rizzo. Northwest African Tactical Air Force
(NATAF) fighters, light bombers, and medium bombers attack
Pantelleria harbour, Korba bridge, Menzel Temime landing ground,
Kelibia areas, and town of Menzel Bou Zelfa. Numerous motor
transport and troop concentrations on Cap Bon peninsula are
bombed and strafed as British 6th Armoured Division drives
to Hammamet, cutting off the peninsula.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers bomb Pantelleria landing ground. P-40
fighters bomb Pantelleria and Cap Bon peninsula. Fighters
claim 4 aeroplanes destroyed.
Tenth Air Force. 6 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters bomb and strafe Kwitu, leaving several areas burning
fiercely.
Fourteenth Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-40 fighters fly offensive sweep against command in Nam Dinh
and Hanoi areas. 4 locomotives and 3 river boats are destroyed,
a train carrying troops and supplies is heavily damaged, and
several trucks of troops are destroyed.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) A-20
Havoc light bombers bomb and strafe Labu area while B-25 Mitchell
medium bombers pound Cape Gloucester airfield. B-17 Flying
Fortress heavy bombers and B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, operating
individually, attack coastline targets in Northeast New Guinea,
New Britain, and on Jamdena Island.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-38 Lightning fighters join Navy and Marine aircraft in strike
against gun emplacements, runway, and revetments at Munda
airfield.
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Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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