Air Operations, Aleutians

7 28th Composite Group B-24s and B-25s, escorted by 343rd Fighter Group P-38s, attack Kiska.

Air Operations, Bismarcks

1 B-17 of the 43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17 attacks the Gasmata airfield on New Britain.

Air Operations, CBI

• 4 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack the port at Tavoy.
• 9 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack rail facilities at Maymyo.
• 7 51st Fighter Group P-40s attack a suspected Japanese Army headquarters at Maingkwan.
• 8 51st Fighter Group P-40s attack Japanese Army troop positions near Sumprabum.
• 23rd Fighter Group P-40s strafe trucks at Bhamo.

• 23rd Fighter Group P-40s attack a fuel dump at Chefang.

Air Operations, Europe

• 61 Venturas fly 2 raids to the Rotterdam docks and 1 to a railway target at Abbeville. The weather is unfavorable and the only accurate bombing occurs on the secont Rotterdam rais.
• There are no losses.

• 329 aircraft are sent to Berlin. Included in the total are 162 Lancasters, 103 Halifaxes and 64 Serlings.
• Weather conditions are bad with icing and the wind forecast is incorrect causing most of the bombs to fall in the open countryside 6 miles southeast of Berlin.
• 7 Halifaxes and 3 Stirlings are lost.

• In another major effort, 149 Wellingtons and 8 Oboe Mosquitoes are sent to Bochum.
• The night is moonless and cloudy and the Pathfinders do not adhere to their timetable and there are large gaps in the the skymarking. This results in a failed raid.
• 12 Wellingtons are lost.

• 1 Mosquito is sent to Dortmund and 7 Stirlings lay mines in the Frisians without a loss

Air Operations, New Guinea

• 1 43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17 attacks targets between Mur and Weber Point.
• 1 49th Fighter Group P-38 downs a Japanese Army twin-engine reconnaissance plane over the Bismarck Sea at 1145 hours.

Air Operations, Solomons

• XIII Bomber Command B-17s and B-24s attack the Buin and Hakili airfields on Bougainville.
• 5 347th Fighter Group P-38s and one US Marine Corps F4U strafe the Faisi seaplane base.

Air Operations, Tunisia

• Many aircraft are grounded by bad weather, but some NATAF fighters are able to attack various motor transport and troop concentrations along the battlefront. During these attacks, 33rd Fighter Group P-40 pilots down 7 Bf-109s in morning engagements centered on Faid Pass. 31st Fighter Group Spitfire pilots down 3 FW-190s over El Guettar between 1430 and 1450 hours.
• IX Bomber Command B-25s attack the Sfax/El Maou Airdrome.
• IX Fighter Command P-40s complete numerous fighter-bomber missions in support of British 8th Army units pursuing fleeing German Army forces through Gabes.

Baltic Sea

U-416 is lost in a minefield laid by the Soviet submarine L-3. She is raised and salvaged ten days later. She sinks again December 12, 1944 nortwest of Pillau following a collision with minesweeper M-203.

U-416

Burma

On the Arakan front the British and Indian forces withdraw.

Mediterranean

Hudson 'V' of No 48 Squadron on anti-submarine patrol between Cape San Antonio and Ibiza sights U-77 heading northeast. The aircraft attacks from dead astern, and drops 4 depth charges just after the U-boat dived. The first exploded just aft of the periscope while the other three fell in a salvo ahead of the swirl.

U-77

North Africa

The last Axis units reach Wadi Akarit as the New Zealanders enter Gabes and El Hamma. Gen Messe reports to the Italian High Command that the Akarit position, although naturally probably the strongest in North Africa,at least in Rommel's opinion, has not received much preparation and may be vulnerable to a rapid attack. Characteristically Montgomery does not attempt this.

Crusader Tanks of 1st Armored Enter El Hamma, 29 March 1943

The US II Corps' operations in the El Guettar and Fondouk area continue to make negligible progress against firm resistance. Late in the day the plan of attack toward Gabès is changed by the 18th Army Group. The 1st Armored Div is to attack on the 30th in an effort to break through the enemy positions blocking the road to Gabès.

The British 8th Army pursues the enemy northward through Gabès. The New Zealand Corps takes Gabès and Oudref. The XXX Corps' 51st Div overtakes the New Zealand Corps at Gabès. The X Corps' 1st Armored Div advances northward from El Hamma.

Norwegian Sea

2 Russian submarines attack 2 German convoys off Norway. 1 steamer is sunk.

Righting USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor March 29, 1943

Pacific

• The US submarine Gudgeon (SS-211) sinks the Japanese fleet tanker Toho Maru (9997t) in Makassar Strait and damages the tanker Kyoei Maru (591t).
• The US submarine Wahoo (SS-238) sinks the Japanese auxiliary cable ship Yamabato Maru (2556t) south of Kyushu.

United States, Policy

The War Production Board begins rationing fat (which is used for munitions0 as well as meat and cheese.