Russian Front. Soviet Air Force raided Briansk, Kremenchug
and Dnepropetrovsk.
Eighth Air Force. 135 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
bombers attack various targets as well as airfields and naval
installations on Helgoland, Kriegsmarine U-boat yard, marshalling
yard and airfield at Emden, naval base and submarine construction
works at Wilhelmshaven; and air facilities at Caen and Poix.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). Northwest African Strategic
Air Force (NASAF) Wellingtons bomb Palermo during
14-15
May 1943. Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF) maintains
sea patrol and reconnaissance over large area of Mediterranean
from West coast of Italy over Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, and
as far North as Marseille.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters fly sea patrol.
Fourteenth Air Force. 25-35 Japanese bombers and 30-40 fighters
attack Kunming. Nearly all of the bombs fall in the West and
South West of the airfield, causing little damage. 28 P-40
fighters intercept, claiming 13 fighters and 2 bombers shot
down.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers pound airfields at Lae and Gasmata.
A-20 Havoc light bombers strafe aeroplanes and buildings at
Lae. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb airfields at Rabaul
and hit Nabire. Single heavy bombers hit Gasmata, Cape Gloucester,
and barges South West of Ubili.
Seventh Air Force. 7 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers from Midway bomb Wake. 4 others
abort and 7 others fail to find target. 22 fighters intercept
the formation. The B-24 Liberator heavy bombers claim 4 shot
down. 1 heavy bomber is lost.
Eleventh Air Force. Weather again curtails operations. Air
ground liaison B-24 Liberator heavy bombers observes and directs
air operations at Attu throughout the day as visibility permits
and directs supply drop for ground forces by another B-24
Liberator heavy bombers in 2 air-ground support missions.
6 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Holtz Bay and Chichagof
Harbour; 6 P-38 Lightning fighters strafe antiaircraft installations
in Holtz Bay area.
M273
Minesweeper
Commissioned 15 May 1943
M489
Minesweeper
Commissioned 15 May 1943
Z36
Destroyer
Launched 15 May 1943
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May
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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