April 27, 1943
Today in World War II Pacific History
Day by day chronology
TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 1943
AMERICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Eleventh Air Force) In the Aleutians, a single B-25
unsuccessfully investigates a reported submarine 4 miles west of Bay Island.
Four P-38's bomb the Main Camp, then scout Buldir. Lost is B-17E 42-30681 (crew rescued).
BURMA-INDIA (Tenth Air Force) In Burma, 19 B-25's bomb the engine sheds at Thazi.
P-40's hit positions south of Sarenghkyet.
SOUTH PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Thirteenth Air Force) B-24's bomb Vila Airfield and Ballale Airfield. B-17's hit Kahili Airfield.
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force) Heavy bombers, operating individually, attack vessels off Cape Gloucester, Cape
Goltz and Gasmata. A-20's bomb and strafe forces in the Green's
Hill-Mubo area. B-25's bomb a village near Beru. Heavy bombers, operating individually,
attack vessels north-northwest of Dobo and Nabire and small vessels and targets of opportunity
in the Marienberg, Wewak, and Finschhafen areas. Lost is P-40K "Swing It" 42-45981 pilot 2nd Lt. Christ A. Props (KIA).
USN: USS Scorpion (SS-278) attacks Japanese convoy, sinking merchant cargo ship Yuzan Maru off east coast of Honshu, 38°08'N, 143°03'E.
U.S. freighter Lydia M. Child is torpedoed and sunk by Japanese submarine I-178 about 100 miles east of Sydney, Australia, 33°08'S, 153°24'E; Australian minesweepers HMAS Warrambool and HMAS Deloraine rescue the entire crew.
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