28 May 1944
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- USAAF again bombed the synthetic oil plant at Lüne-Merseburg in eastern Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
- Submarine Charr was launched, sponsored by Mrs. William Orkney. ww2dbase [Charr | CPC]
- USS Pompon attacked a Japanese transport south of Japan; all 3 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Pompon | CPC]
- British entertainer Noël Coward arrived in Ceylon aboard destroyer HMS Rapid. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Parts of Air Group 18 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Archerfish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Archerfish | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- The keel of landing ship No. 110 was laid down by Osaka Zosen. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- USS Whale departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her eighth war patrol; destroyer USS Cassin escorted her out to sea. ww2dbase [Whale | Majuro | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against industrial targets in the Ruhr Valley, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Thurleigh, England | DS]
- USS Golet departed Midway Atoll with Lieutenant James S. Clark as her new commanding officer. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Golet | Midway | CPC]
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