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• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Saipan, departing later on the same day. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• USS Permit completed her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• 27 Allied ships were destroyed in the Atlantic Ocean on this date, 8 of which were of Allied convoy HX-229. ww2dbase [TH]
• Joseph Stalin demanded the western Allies to open a second front in Europe. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Operational trials of the 37-mm Flak gun-armed German Ju 87G anti-tank aircraft began on the Eastern Front. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
• HMS Campobello was abandoned and scuttled after suffering irreparable leaks whilst engaged in escorting convoy SC-122. ww2dbase [AC]

• Repair ship Akashi began repairing transport Noshiro Maru at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

16 Mar 1943 Interactive Map