SUNDAY, 13 JUNE 1943
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force) Nine B-25's attack the Meza railway bridge
on the Mandalay-Myitkyina line, causing minor damage.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force)
11 B-25's supported by 14 P-40's, bomb hangars and the depot
area at Nanchang Airfield.
SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force)
B-24s and B-17s again bomb Kahili Airfield.
The 371st and 372d Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy), 307th Bombardment Group
transfers from Kahuku and Hickam Field respectively to Espiritu Santo with B-24's.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force)
B-17s and B-24s bomb airfields in the
Rabaul area and Gasmata. Lost to J1N1 night fighter is B-17F "Georgia Peach" 41-24454. B-25's hit Dili and Koepang and bomb and strafe barges off the
Huon Peninsula, at Jacob Island, off Cape Gerhards, and south of Cape Cretin,
New Guinea. Single B-24's bomb Malahang Airfield and attack a freighter in
Humboldt Bay.
USN: USS Frazier (DD-607) sinks Japanese submarine I-9 one and a half miles east of Sirius Point, Kiska, Aleutians, 52°08'N, 177°38'E. USS Guardfish (SS-217) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Suzuya Maru off the southwest coast of New Ireland, 03°08'S, 151°24'E. USS Sargo (SS-188) attacks Japanese convoy 250 miles south of Yap, Carolines, and sinks army transport Konan Maru, 06°08'N, 138°28'E. The submarine is damaged by depth charges, 06°40'N, 136°59'E, but remains on patrol.
IJN: Six G4M1 Bettys from 705 Kokutai took off on a night bombing mission against Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Three abort the mission. Two reach the target, one bombing Henderson Field and the other bombing "Saua" [sic] and is contacted by a "night fighter" [P-70 Havoc]. Both return safely (no losses). A single G4M1 Betty from the 702 Kokutai conducts a search mission over Guadalcanal. Intercepted by three F4F Wildcats from USS Suwannee (CVE-27) but eludes them.
References
Kodochosho, 705 Kōkūtai, June 13, 1943
Kodochosho, 702 Kōkūtai, June 13, 1943
