2 Apr 1942 | World War II Database

2 Apr 1942

Submarine USS Searaven departed with ammunition for Corregidor, Philippine Islands, but she would be unable to deliver the cargo before the American garrison surrendered. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
USS Astoria departed from Nouméa, New Caledonia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
USAAF B-17 bombers attacked the Japanese fleet at the Andaman Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
The first flight echelon of US Marine Aircraft Group 13 arrived at Tutuila, American Samoa. ww2dbase [CPC]
Japanese submarine I-6 sank British ship Clan Ross 350 miles west of India; 11 were killed, 38 survived. ww2dbase [CPC]
German submarine U-123 damaged US tanker Liebre with her deck gun 17 miles off Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States at 0718 hours; 9 were killed, 25 survived. After British motor torpedo boat MTB-332 chased off U-123, Liebre would be towed back to port for repairs. ww2dbase [CPC]
Three B-17 bombers of US 10th Air Force based in Calcutta, India attacked Japanese shipping in the Andaman Islands, claiming hits on one cruiser and one transport. ww2dbase [CPC]

Australian New Guinea

Tenryu arrived at Kavieng, New Ireland. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

Burma

Japanese troops drove Indian 17th Division out of Prome, Burma. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

Dutch East Indies

Natori towed Naka toward Bantam Bay, Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

Finland

Finnish forces occupied the strategic island of Tytärsaari (Russian: Bolshoy Tyuters) in the Gulf of Finland. ww2dbase [AC]

France

40 British Wellington and 10 Stirling bombers attacked the Ford factory at Poissy, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

Russia

Light cruiser Voroshilov bombarded Axis troop positions Feodossiya, Russia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

United Kingdom

German bombers attacked Dover and Weymouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

United States

USS Hornet departed Naval Air Station Alameda near San Francisco, California with James Doolittle and his 16 US Army B-25 bombers on board. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 2 Apr 1942

Impounded cars owned by Japanese-Americans, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, United States, 2 Apr 1942

Kittyhawk Mark I fighter with the RAF 112 Squadron taxiing through the scrub of the Libyan desert, 2 Apr 1942. The crewman on the wing is helping guide the pilot whose view is obscured by the aircraft’s raised nose.

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