April 29, 1942
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WEDNESDAY, 29 APRIL 1942

IJN: Three Type 97 flyingboats bomb Tulagi Seaplane Base and damage two moored Catalinas including Catalina A24-23. RAAF sources record this attack as April 30, 1942.

10th AF: A flight of B-17s bomb Rangoon dock area.

5th AF: P-40E Warhawk #32 pilot 2nd Lt. J. W. Tyler from 49th Fighter Group (49th FG) lost control on take off from Batchelor Field and crashed into a parked Lockheed C-40 38-519 pilot Major Joseph "Joe" H. Moore as the passengers began exiting including Brigadier General Harold H. George and passengers aboard. Wreckage from the crash possibly one of the P-40's wheels struck General George in the head severely injuring him. Two others standing nearby were also killed instantly including 2nd Lieutenant Robert D. Jasper and war correspondent Melville Jacoby.