Air Operations, CBI6 11th Medium Bomb Group B-25s leave Dinjan, India for Kunming, China. On the way the airfield at Lashio, Burma is bombed. 3 of the 6 crash in the mountains, 1 other runs out of fuel, but its crew parachutes safely. Only 2 of the B-25s reach their new base. [ | ]Air Operations, EuropeThere is a night raid on Poole, England by the Luftwaffe. BOMBER COMMAND
Air Operations, MediterraneanBritish air raids hit Cagliari and Sant' Antioco island in Sardinia. [ | ]Air Operations, New Guinea5th Air Force B-17 based in the Bismarcks hit the dock area and a military camp at Rabaul. [ | ]Battle of the Atlantic
East AfricaHalf a brigade of British troops embarks for Madagascar to relieve the troops garrisoning the island. []FranceBritish Commandos raid the Boulogne-La Touquet area on the coast of France. [ | ]MaltaAnother batch of 31 Spitfires is flown from HMS Eagle to Malta; 27 arrive safely. The Axis air raids on the island continue with emphasis on Micabba airfield. [ | ]North AfricaIgnoring Operation LIMERICK, British 8th Army Commander Ritchie plans and assault on 'The Cauldron' in Operation ABERDEEN.[MORE] [ | ]Pacific<The Midway Invasion Group and their heavy supports, 4 heavy cruisers, 2 destroyers, and transports carrying 5,000 men, under Vice-Adm Nobutake Kondo are found by air reconnaissance about 600 miles from Midway and are unsuccessfully attacked by a group of Flying Fortresses from the island. Unknown to the Japanese, American code breakers have provided Nimitz with the true Japanese operational objective--Midway. In an effort to divert attention away from Midway Japanese carrier planes raid Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears in the Aleutian Islands.
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