The British Admiralty announced the loss of the trawler HMS
Lord Hailsham which was torpedoed and sunk by Kriegsmarine
motor torpedo boats in Lyme Bay on
27
February 1943.
North Africa. In Mareth region Field Marshal
Erwin
Rommel's Afrika Corps forces withdrew North of Medenine.
Northwest African Air Forces (NAAF). United States Army Air
Force (USAAF) B-25 Mitchell medium bombers hit shipping between
Tunisia and Sicily while B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers
bomb convoy in Gulf of Tunis and shipping and marshalling
yard at Sousse.
Tenth Air Force. 12 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers attack Gokteik Viaduct, causing only
minor damage.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) A-20
Havoc light bombers attack Guadagasal area and barges offshore.
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers bomb Toeal. Single B-24 Liberator
heavy bombers attack ship North West of Madang and bomb Salamaua,
Gasmata, and Cape Gloucester.
Thirteenth Air Force. Single B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
hit airfields at Vila and Kahili. 3 heavy bombers bomb Munda
airfield.
Eleventh Air Force. 343d Fighter Group moves to Adak, and
the first flight of medium bombers is brought up to Amchitka.
This enables stepped-up raids on Kiska. 8 B-24 Liberator heavy
bombers and 4 P-38 Lightning fighters bomb and strafe Chichagof
Harbour area and Holtz Bay installations. A fighters sweep,
6 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, and 10 B-25 Mitchell medium
bombers hit North Head and Main Camp area.
R40
R-boat
Sunk 7 March 1943
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March
Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
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