June 4, 1943
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FRIDAY, 4 JUNE 1943

ALASKA (Eleventh Air Force) Six B-24's following a Navy PV make a radar-bombing run over North Head on Kiska. 14 P-40's and P-38's bomb North Head, Main Camp on Kiska and Little Kiska. Four P-38's and 1 B-24 flying air cover over Attu make no enemy contact. The 404th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 28th Composite Group based on Adak begins operating from Amchitka with B-24's.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) B-17s and B-24s bomb Wewak Airfield, Boram Airfield and Dagua Airfield. B-25's hit Koepang and Lautem. The 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron (8th PRS) Commanding Officer (C.O.) becomes Captain Arthur L. Post.

USS Silversidess (SS-236) lays mines in Steffan Strait between New Hanover and New Ireland.