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Allied bombing priorities established
Thursday, June 10, 1943 www.onwar.com
British Bomber Command staff planning operations [photo at link].
From London and Washington... The Joint Chiefs of Staff issue the Pointblank Directive to British and American heavy bomber forces in Europe. The document sets out formal instructions for the priorities and aims of the bomber offensive up to D-Day. The instructions reflect American thought more so than British but the guidelines are vague enough that both the US Air Force and British Bomber Command can continue their independent operations.
In the Mediterranean... The bombardment of the Italian island of Pantelleria continues.
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June 9th, 1943 (WEDNESDAY)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: The heavy shelling of Pantelleria continues, and the Allies say that it will go on until the island surrenders.
Medium and heavy bombers, and fighters of the Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) continue pounding Pantelleria Island in the Mediterranean in predawn hours and during the afternoon. (Jack McKillop)
TERRITORY OF ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: The Japanese evacuation of Kiska Island in the Aleutians Islands by submarines continues.
Submarine HIJMS I-9 departs Paramushiru Island, Kurile Islands for Kiska and is never heard from again.
Meanwhile, HIJMS I-169 unloads one ton of weapons and ammunition and two tons of food for the Japanese remaining on Kiska and evacuates 31 Navy and 29 civilian personnel. After getting underway, a US vessel fires six rounds at the submarine at 2250 hours local in a dense fog off the north coast of the island. (Jack McKillop)
CANADA: Corvette HMCS Fredericton arrives at Liverpool, Nova Scotia for refit. (Dave Shirlaw)