US NAVY
PACIFIC—Submarine Sturgeon (SS-187) sinks Japanese
transport Montevideo Maru about 65 miles west of Cape Bojeador, Luzon,
18°37'N, 119°29'E. Unbeknownst to the submariners, Montevideo Maru is
transporting 1,050 Allied POWs to Hainan Island.
ATLANTIC—Convoy PQ 17 sails from Seidisfjord, Iceland,
bound for North Russia. Among the ships in the close covering force that had
departed Reykjavik, Iceland, the previous day are U.S. heavy cruisers Wichita
(CA-45) and Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and destroyers Wainwright (DD-419)
and Rowan (DD-405).
U.S.
freighter Warrior is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-126 just
north of Trinidad, 10°54'N, 61°01'W; three of the 42 man crew and four of the 14
man Armed Guard are lost. Survivors are rescued and transported to Trinidad.
GULF OF MEXICO—U.S. freighter Edward Luckenbach blunders
into U.S. minefield five miles off Smith Shoal, Florida, light, and strikes two
mines, 24°56'N, 81°53'W; one of the 42 man merchant complement perishes in the
incident. The ship sinks with the superstructure above water. The 41 merchant
seamen and the 12 man Armed Guard reboard the ship the next day, when they are
transported to Key West by patrol craft.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—The first B‑17 (assigned to 97th Bomb Group) of
the BOLERO air movement via N Atlantic route lands at Prestwick.
MIDDLE EAST—British forces check Axis advance at El Alamein.
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s bomb harbor at Tobruk
during 1/2 Jul.
TENTH AF—First combat mission of CATF takes place before
the formal activation (4 Jul) of the unit. 4 B‑25’s from Hengyang, escorted by P‑40’s,
bomb docks at Hankow. Bad weather handicaps the bombardiers, and the effects of
the raid are inconsequential.
FIFTH AF—B‑26’s bomb Salamaua. Other Medium Bomber and Heavy
Bomber strikes abort due to bad weather.
ELEVENTH AF—The XI Provisional Bomber Command comprising
the 28th Composite Group and its assigned squadrons is activated. Col William O
Eareckson in command. A B‑17 flies weather reconnaissance over Kiska and lands
early due to weather.
US ARMY
PACIFIC—TULSA
II, a modified version of TULSA I, is drawn up as planning for offensive
continues. 2d Marines, reinforced, 2d Marine Division, sails from California in
5 ships escorted by carrier Wasp.
MADAGASCAR—Lt General Sir William Platt, CinC East African
Command, takes responsibility for occupied portion of Madagascar.
EGYPT—Enemy forces make their deepest penetration into
Egypt with capture of fortified position of Deir el Shein, S of the El ‘Alamein
fortress. Indian 18th Brigade Group, which has recently arrived from Iraq, is
overrun in this action.
USSR—German Army Group South completes reduction of
Sevastopol fortress in the Crimea and, to the N, continues toward the Don.
US MARINE CORPS
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