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April 17, 1943
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SATURDAY, 17 APRIL 1943

CARRIBIAN: Lost is P-40E 40-564 (survived) suffered a mid air collision and crashed three miles east of Santa Isabel.

AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eleventh Air Force) Seven B-24's bomb and score 8 direct hits on Attu Airfield runway and gun emplacements at Attu. One B-24 and 2 F-5A's abort due to weather. Four B-25's, thirty-one P-38's, and fourteen P-40's hit Kiska nine times, bombing installations and strafing gun emplacements and 3 parked airplanes. An American listening post in Aleutian Islands intercepts a radio message announcing that Admiral Yamamoto is taking a tour of Japanese bases in the South Pacific.

BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force) In Burma, 7 B-25's bomb the Myitnge bridge, scoring 4 damaging hits. Ten others hit the Myitnge railroad works. Sixteen P-40s damage the bridge at Kamaing, attack the town of Nanyaseik, and score hits on the N approach to the bridge at Namti. Six B-24's damage the S approach to the Pazundaung railroad bridge.

SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force) B-17's during the night of 16/17 April fly a strike against Kahili Airfield. HQ 18th Fighter Group transfers from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) B-24's bomb Amboina. A single B-24 scores hits on the northwest shore of Hollandia Bay. Lost in an aerial collision is B-17F 41-24425 (MIA) and damaged was B-17F "Dinah Might ?" 41-24355 but landed safely.



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