US NAVY
MEDITERRANEAN—Operation BOWERY: in the second attempt to
bolster fighter strength on besieged Malta, carrier Wasp (CV-7) launches
47 RAF Spitfires; British carrier HMS Eagle accompanies Wasp and
launches 17 additional Spitfires. The success of the American carrier's second
ferry mission prompts Prime Minister Churchill to observe: "Who said a
Wasp couldn't sting twice?" Unlike the first ferry operation, the
Spitfires are speedily serviced and readied for action, and take a heavy toll
of Axis bombers on this day and the next. "Daylight raiding," Malta's
war diary notes laconically, “was brought to an abrupt end."
ATLANTIC—Coast Guard cutter Icarus (WPC-110) sinks
German submarine U-352 off Cape Lookout, North Carolina,
34°12'N,76°35'W.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
TENTH AF—During 8/9 May, 6 B‑17’s bomb Mingaladon and
attack the docks at Rangoon.
FIFTH AF—8 B‑26’s and a single B‑17 attack shipping and
seaplanes at Deboyne Island.
US ARMY
MINDANAO—Japanese
take Dalirig and rout defenders. Although forces defending Puntian sector are
still intact, their position is untenable and Mindanao campaign is virtually
over.
NEW GUINEA—Japanese Imperial General Headquarters orders
invasion of Port Moresby suspended temporarily.
TONGA ISLANDS—U.S. troop detachment arrives at Tongatabu.
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS—U.S. troops arrive on the Galápagos
Islands., off W coast of South America.
US MARINE CORPS
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