Today in World War II History—June 6, 1943
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 by Sarah Sundin

US pilots training to fly the North American A-36A Apache, Louisiana, 1943 (US Army Air Force photo)
75 Years Ago—June 6, 1943: North American A-36 Apache (fighter-bomber version of the P-51 Mustang) flies first combat mission in US Twelfth Air Force mission to Pantelleria in the Mediterranean.
Future actor Paul Newman enlists in US Navy, age 18.