March 7, 1943
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SUNDAY, 7 MARCH 1943

(Eleventh Air Force) The first flight of B-25s is brought up to Amchitka. Nine B-24s and four P-38s bomb and strafe the Chichagof Harbor area and Holtz Bay installations on Attu. A fighter sweep plus 6 B-24s, and 10 B-25s hit North Head and the Main Camp area on Kiska. HQ 343d Fighter Group transfers from Elmendorf Field to Adak.

(Tenth Air Force) In Burma, 12 B-25's attack Gokteik Viaduct, causing only minor damage. The 1st Troop Carrier Squadron, Tenth Air Force, transfers from Chabua to New Delhi.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force) Single B-24s hit Vila Airfield and Kahili. Eight B-24s bomb Munda Airfield.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) In New Guinea, A-20s attack the Guadagasal area and barges offshore; B-25s bomb Toeal. Single B-24s attack a ship NW of Madang and bomb Salamaua. Single B-24s bomb Gasmata and Cape Gloucester.

JAAF: Ki-46 Dinah pilot Tonoi crashed into the sea off Bathurst Island.

USS Permit (SS-178) damages Japanese merchant fishing vessel Shoshin Maru off northeast of Honshu at 41°55'N, 143°50'E.

USS Tautog (SS-199) lays mines off southeast coast of Borneo.