MONDAY, 12 JUNE 1944
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force): 30+ B-25s continue to supply troops at Imphal with ammunition. 16 P-40s hit Mogaung and targets of opportunity in north Burma.
CHINA (Fourteenth Air Force): In China, 50 P-40s, P-51s and B-25s hit troop
concentrations in the Yellow River area at Lingpao and S of Loyang; in the Tungting
Lake area about 100 P-40s and P-51s attack numerous supply boats and other river
and lake traffic, and hit dock areas and warehouses at Lanchi, Yuankiang and
at scattered points; also hit are villages and troops in the Changsha and Kuanchuang
areas; 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, Fourteenth Air Force, moves from
Gushkara, India to Chengkung with P-51s.
PACIFIC OCEAN AREA (POA, Seventh Air Force): During the night of 11/12 June, B-24s from Eniwetok hit Truk and again during the day.
SOUTH PACIFIC AREA (SOPAC, Thirteenth Air Force): Six B-24s
bomb runways at Tobera and Rapopo; 22 P-39s and 10 P-38s join 20+ USN aircraft
in attacks on supply dumps near Ralum; and 20 B-25s pound Malapau village. 44
P-39s hit Buka Airfield and on Bougainville, Tsirogei plantation,
barges and pier south of Kleine Island and the occupied area west of Komai.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): Fierce ground
fighting continues on Biak while Japanese aircraft attack Allied ground
forces and shipping offshore; P-47s battle attacking aircraft, shooting down
several; P-47s and A-20s hit troop concentrations, communications and various other targets in the Wewak and Hansa Bay areas; 82d Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, moves from Saidor to Borokoe with P-39s; and 386th Bombardment Squadron, 312th Bombardment Group, moves from Gusap to Nadzab with A-20s. Thirteenth Air Task Force B-24s bomb Dublon Seaplane Base and Peleliu Airfield.
U.S. Navy: Launched is Type C1 Ship USS Elmer J. Burr at Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc. in Duluth, Minnesota named for 1st Sgt Elmer J. Burr.
Carrier aircraft attack targets in the Marianas including Guam. Lost over Guam is TBF Avenger 25424 (MIA). Elements of Special Task Air Group 1 (STAG-1) arrive at Banika Field, the first deployment of a guided missile unit into a combat theater.
JAAF: Shot down is Ki-46 Dinah pilot Tsutsui (KIA) off Point Blaze near Darwin.
IJN: Hinko Maru damaged the previous day by an aerial torpedo was beached at Chi Chi Jima Harbor off Chi Chi Jima.
