Turkish and Syrian frontier reopened.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). During
16-17
June 1943, The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Wellingtons bomb
docks and marshalling yard at Naples.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers attack airfields at Biscari and Comiso.
Fourteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
P-40 fighters strafe warehouse and train South of Chiuchiang
and a train North of Nanchang. Road traffic East of Hanoi
is also attacked.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers administer thorough pounding to Madang
and Salamaua areas. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bomb Sorong
and Boela. A single B-24 Liberator heavy bombers bombs Cape
Gloucester airfield and during 17-
18
June 1943 a B-25 Mitchell medium bombers attacks power launches
nearby, sinking 1 and badly damaging 2 more.
Seventh Air Force. During 17-
18
June 1943, 4 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers take off from Funafuti
at 2 hours intervals to bomb Tarawa. 1 aborts and another
fails to find target. The 2 heavy bombers bombing the target
hit runways, silence an antiaircraft battery, and blow up
an ammunition dump. The raid is a diversion in support of
the first night photo reconnaissance mission by VII Bomber
Command, during which 3 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers photograph
Mille Atoll and nearby waters in the Marshalls.
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June
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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