June 9th, 1943 (WEDNESDAY)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: The heavy shelling of Pantelleria continues, and the Allies say that it will go on until the island surrenders.
Medium and heavy bombers, and fighters of the Northwest African Strategic Air Force (NASAF) continue pounding Pantelleria Island in the Mediterranean in predawn hours and during the afternoon.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: The Japanese
evacuation of Kiska Island in the Aleutians Islands by submarines continues.
Submarine HIJMS I-9 departs Paramushiru Island, Kurile Islands for Kiska and is never heard from again.
Meanwhile, HIJMS I-169 unloads one ton of weapons and ammunition and two tons of food for the Japanese remaining on Kiska and evacuates 31 Navy and 29 civilian personnel. After getting underway, a US vessel fires six rounds at the submarine at 2250 hours local in a dense fog off the north coast of the island.
CANADA: Corvette HMCS Fredericton arrives at Liverpool, Nova Scotia for refit.