24 Mar 1943
- The British RAF Bomber Command had by this date dropped 100,000 tons of explosives on Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
- British General Orde Wingate was ordered by his superiors to withdraw his Chindits from Burma. ww2dbase [Operation Longcloth | Orde Wingate | CPC]
- USS Finback spotted a Japanese convoy and began to shadow it. ww2dbase [Finback | CPC]
- Oberleutnant Eitel-Albert Barth, Oberleutnant Werner Oberländer, Feldwebel Walter Pilz, and Oberleutnant Horst Rudat of the German Kampfgeschwader 55 wing were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down a B-25 bomber over Meiktila, Burma, his 24th victory. ww2dbase [Satoru Anabuki | Meiktila | CPC]
- USS S-43 arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ww2dbase [S-43 | Guantanamo Bay | CPC]
- USS Scorpion arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Scorpion | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Flying Fish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Flying Fish | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Jaguar and Greif, escorting heavy cruiser Lützow and light cruiser Nürnberg, arrived at Altafjord, Norway. ww2dbase [Nürnberg | Lützow | Greif | Jaguar | Altafjord | CPC]
- USS Wahoo sank tanker Takaosan Maru in Korea Bay of the Yellow Sea at 1949 hours after a 7-hour pursuit, hitting her with 1 of 7 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Wahoo | Yellow Sea | CPC]
- USS Ranger departed Quonset Point for four days of carrier qualifications and anti-submarine training. ww2dbase [Ranger | Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island | DS]
- USS Tunny departed Midway Atoll after a brief stay to replace her periscope. ww2dbase [Tunny | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]
24 Mar 1943 Interactive Map
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