The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Mosquitoes made low-level
raid at dusk on Zeiss works at Jena, after dark heavy bombers
made strong attack on Essen.
Russian Front. Soviet long-range air force aircraft raided
railway junctions of Mogilev Karachev and Roslavl.
Eighth Air Force. 11 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
bombers raid docks and Kriegsmarine U-boat pens at Saint-Nazaire.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) P-40 fighters bomb harbour defences on Pantelleria.
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers and B-26 Marauder medium bombers
hit Villacidro and Decimomannu airfields. Northwest African
Tactical Air Force (NATAF) P-40 fighters attack targets on
South coast of Pantelleria.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers and B-25 Mitchell medium bombers pound
Lae town area and airfield. Other B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
hit enemy forces at Labu and Jacobsens Plantation. Finschhafen,
Saidor, Kakakog, and Langgoer are hit by single-plane strikes.
Eleventh Air Force. Attu is covered by 1 B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers flying ground support, bombing and strafing troops
and dropping photos taken on previous day to friendly forces,
and by 1 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers and 6 P-38 Lightning
fighters flying air cover. 6 P-40 fighters fly attack and
reconnaissance missions to Kiska, concentrating on Little
Kiska and on the Main Camp area.
M329
Minesweeper
Launched 27 May 1943
Go To: 28th
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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