It was announced first air train fully loaded glider to cross
any ocean towed from Canada to Britain by a plane of the British
Royal Air Force (RAF) Transport Command.
In Australasia. Allied warships bombarded Bairoko Harbour
(New Georgia) and Vila Harbour (Kolombangara Island). American
forces landed at Rice Anchorage, New Georgia Island, and at
Zanana, near Munda, after American warships had shelled lap
bases on both sides of Kula Gulf.
Russian Front. Battle of Kursk The Wehrmacht ground forces
launched a new offensive in Kursk, Orel and Bielgorod sectors,
586 Wehrmacht panzers tanks and 203 Luftwaffe disabled or
destroyed.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). Northwest African Strategic
Air Force (NASAF) Wellingtons bomb Villacidro airfield and
Catania during
4-5
July 1943. Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) fighters,
medium bombers, and heavy bombers hit main and satellite airfields
at Gerbini and radar stations at Marsala and Licata. Northwest
African Tactical Air Force (NATAF) light bombers and medium
bombers hit Sciacca and airfields at Trapani, Comiso and Biscari.
Northwest African Coastal Air Force (NACAF) aeroplanes maintain
sea patrol, reconnaissance, and convoy escort.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers attack harbour, harbour installations,
railway yards, and oil storage at Messina. B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers hit Sciacca and Biscari airfields. P-40 fighters fly
uneventful sea patrol. The British Royal Air Force (RAF) heavy
bombers strike railroad yards at Catania.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers bomb and strafe airfields at Salamaua,
Komiatum Track, and Headquarters areas at Kela and Salamaua.
Thirteenth Air Force. 9 United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers over Buin fail to find shipping
and bomb Munda and Ballale Island instead.
M367
Minesweeper
Commissioned 5 July 1943
Go To: 6th
July
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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