2 Apr 1942



- USAAF B-17 bombers attacked the Japanese fleet at the Andaman Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
- 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 [Searaven | 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]
- Seeadler completed her escort duties for merchant raider Michel. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
- Tenryu arrived at Kavieng, New Ireland. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Kavieng, New Ireland | CPC]
- Japanese troops drove Indian 17th Division out of Prome, Burma. ww2dbase [Invasion of Burma | Prome | CPC]
- Finnish forces occupied the strategic island of Tytärsaari (Russian: Bolshoy Tyuters) in the Gulf of Finland. ww2dbase [Tytärsaari | AC]
- 40 British Wellington and 10 Stirling bombers attacked the Ford factory at Poissy, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | Poissy | CPC]
- USS Astoria departed from Nouméa, New Caledonia. ww2dbase [Astoria (New Orleans-class) | Nouméa | CPC]
- Light cruiser Voroshilov bombarded Axis troop positions Feodossiya, Russia. ww2dbase [Voroshilov | Feodossiya, Krym | CPC]
- German bombers attacked Dover and Weymouth, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | England | CPC]
- 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 [Hornet (Yorktown-class) | Nashville | Vincennes | Doolittle Raid | Alameda, California | CPC]




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