30 May 1943
- Yekaterina Budanova shot down a Bf 109 fighter, sharing the credit with other pilots. ww2dbase [Yekaterina Budanova | CPC]
- Duguay-Trouin joined the Allied fleet; she would be re-armed in Jul 1943. ww2dbase [Duguay-Trouin | CPC]
- Suffren was rearmed for military service. ww2dbase [Suffren | CPC]
- General Charles de Gaulle arrived in Algeria to become, with Henri Giraud, co-Presidents of the French Committee of National Liberation (FCNL) but soon used his superior political skills to become sole leader of the organization. ww2dbase [Charles de Gaulle | AC]
- Japanese and Chinese troops clashed at Gaojialing in the Hubei-Hunan border region in China; the Japanese used chemical weapons during this engagement. On the same day, Chinese 6th War Area commander Chen Cheng ordered a full scale counter offensive to be launched. ww2dbase [Battle of Exi | CPC]
- Kamoi was attacked by three four-engined aircarft at Kendari, Celebes, Dutch East Indies; she suffered no damage. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Kendari, Celebes | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Army 19th Fighter Squadron departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Grayback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Grayback | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Yamato undocked from the drydocks at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Yamato | Yokosuka Naval Arsenal | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Submarine USS Saury attacked a convoy of four cargo ships and three tankers off Shanghai, China. Japanese army cargo ship Takamisan Maru (1,992 tons) was sunk and also a tanker of greater size. With only one torpedo left (and it was possibly damaged), Saury left her patrol are bound for Midway. ww2dbase [Saury | East China Sea | DS]
- SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Mengele became the doctor for the Gypsy Family Camp (Sector BIIe) of Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- Submarine Hackleback was launched at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, sponsored by the wife of W. L. Wright. ww2dbase [Hackleback | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CPC]
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