Air Operations, Asia
apanese aircraft destroy a large number of RAF and AVG fighters at Magwe, Burma.
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]Air Operations, Europe
BOMBER COMMAND- 9 Bostons, with fighter escort, carry out an accurate bombing raid on the Le Trait shipyard. There are no losses.
- 254 aircraft including 192 Wellingtons, 26 Stirlings, 20 Manchesters, 9 Hampdens and 7 Lancasters are sent to Essen. This raid involves the largest number of planes sent to a single target so far. Visibility is good and 181 planes claim to have bombed Essen even scoring hits on the Krupp factory. Bombing photographs, however, show that much of the effort is drawn off by decoy fires at Rheinberg 18 miles away. The report from Essen says only 9 high explosive bombs and about 700 incendiaries are dropped there. 1 house is destroyed and 2 others damaged. Casualties include 5 killed and 11 wounded. 5 Manchesters, 3 Wellingtons and 1 Hampden are lost on the raid.
- In minor operations 27 aircraft raid St Nazaire, 38 lay mines of Lorient and 30 more on leaflet flights over France. 1 Wellington on the St Nazaire raid and 1 Hampden minelaying are lost.
| ]Battle of the Atlantic
- Over the next two and one-half weeks the Italian submarine Pietro Calvi sinks 5 ships off the northeast coast of Brazil.
- The Dutch tanker Ocana (6256t) is torpedoed and sunk by U-552 about 70 miles southeast of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia.
| ]Britain, Home Front
In the Grantham by-election the Independent 'Production for Victory' Candidate defeats the Conservative Air Chief Marshal Arthur Longmore 11,758 to 11,391. This is the first seat lost by the government since the by-election 'truce' began in September 1939. In numerous cases, the Conservative, Labor, or Liberal cadidates have been returned unopposed.
Men in Ireland Constructing a Steel Hut, 25 March 1942 |
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Men on a Firing Range in Ireland, 25 March 1942 |
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| ]Burma
The I Burma Corps concentrates in the Prome-Allanmyo area.
[ | ]Eastern Front
Timoshenko's troops break into the suburbs of Stalino. Tenacious street fighting takes place as the Germans defend their positions house by house.
[ | ]Society Islands
An American infantry regiment arrives to garrison Bora-Bora.