June 13, 1942
Today in World War II Pacific History
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SATURDAY, 13 JUNE 1942

ALASKA (11th Air Force): An LB-30 flies a weather mission and for the third straight day, five B-17s and three B-24s took off on a bombing mission against Kiska Harbor. Two abort and the others bomb partially cloud-obscured targets. No effect is observed.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, 5th Air Force): B-17s bomb Lakunai Airfield. Lost is P-40E "Don't Worry" 41-25181 pilot 2nd Lt. Pierre L. Alford (survived) shot down by an A6M2 Zero from 3rd Kōkūtai (3rd Air Group) over Gunn Point, Northern Territory.

U.S. Army: Gen Marshall orders establishment of a U.S. Middle East organization, U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East (USAFIME), in order to unify Middle East missions. Iraq and Iran are to come within its geographical sphere. The first issue of "Yank" the Army weekly magainze is published.

USA: German U-boat (U-202) lands four agents on beach at Amagansett, Long Island in New York as part of Operation Pastorius. They were spotted by a U.S. Coast Guard patrolman, and their mission to sabotage U.S. infrastructure was quickly foiled with all four captured by FBI agents.