15 Apr 1943




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- Major General Hastings Ismay reported to Prime Minister Winston Churchill on German experiments with rockets. ww2dbase [Hastings Ismay | CPC]
- RAF bombers conducted a raid on La Spezia, Italy. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Tunny set sail for Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- Baltimore was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Baltimore | CPC]
- The American airfield on Banika Island of Russell Islands, Solomon Islands became operational. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Flight Lieutenant Mathews and Flying Officer H. D. Johnson (No. 91 Squadron RAF based at Hawkinge), acting as spotters to a USAAC sweep over Europe, came across a dinghy in the English Channel with two Thunderbolt aircraft circling around above. An Air-Sea-Rescue Walrus was duly scrambled which picked up Lieutenant Colonel Chesley G. Peterson, the most decorated officer in the USAAC. ww2dbase [English Channel | AC]
- William Halsey traveled to Brisbane, Australia aboard a PB2Y Coronado aircraft. ww2dbase [William Halsey | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
- 7th Fighter Squadron and 8th Fighter Squadron (both flying P-40 aircraft) of USAAF 49th Fighter Group were transferred from Port Moresby to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. ww2dbase [Dobodura Airfield | Dobodura | CPC]
- USS S-28 departed Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada for the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, United States for overhaul. ww2dbase [S-28 | Esquimalt, British Columbia | CPC]
- Yugure arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands at 1500 hours and began receiving repairs. ww2dbase [Yugure | Truk | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 (VMF-215) departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese freighter off Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired; the Japanese ship beached to prevent sinking. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
- Viktor Abakumov was summoned to meet with Joseph Stalin. ww2dbase [Viktor Abakumov | CPC]
- US 17th Airborne Division was activated at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, United States under the command of the newly-promoted Major General William M. Miley. ww2dbase [Camp Mackall, North Carolina | AC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Capt. Joseph J. "Jocko" Clark in command. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
- USS S-38 departed San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [S-38 | San Diego, California | CPC]




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