28 Apr 1944




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- Yamato arrived at Manila, unloaded troops and supplies, and then departed. ww2dbase [Yamato | CPC]
- USS Cassin Young sortied from Manus, Admiralty Islands with Task Force 58 for carrier strikes in the Central Pacific. ww2dbase [Cassin Young | CPC]
- Frank Knox passed away. ww2dbase [Frank Knox | CPC]
- The keel of USS Tirante was laid down at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States. ww2dbase [Tirante | CPC]
- Matsu was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Matsu | CPC]
- 26 B-24 bombers of the US 14th Air Force escorted by 10 P-51 fighters attacked Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Fighters of the Japanese 9th Sentai at nearby Xinxiang failed to react due to the faulty radar at Kaifeng. Storage warehouses, the Bawangcheng Bridge, and another nearby bridge on the Yellow River were damaged. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Iowa completed her escort mission for carriers off New Guinea, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Iowa | CPC]
- Oberleutnant Wilhelm Johnen, Staffelkapitän of German night fighter Squadron 5./NJG 5, whilst chasing an RAF bomber strayed into Swiss airspace where he was hit by flak and forced to land at Dübendorf where his Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4B./R3, which was equipped with the latest Lichtenstein SN-2b radar, was interned by the Swiss authorities. Fearful that the top-secret radar (which was the Luftwaffe's answer to the Allies "Window" anti-radar system) might fall into the hands of the Allies, the Germans eventually traded twelve new Bf 109G fighters in exchange for a Swiss guarantee that the interned aircraft with its new radar would be completely destroyed. ww2dbase [AC]
- The keel of landing ship No. 108 was laid down by Osaka Zosen. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- The keel of landing ship No. 135 was laid down by Kawanami Kogyo. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Allied convoy RA-59 departed the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]
- The South African and Rhodesian prime ministers arrived in London, England, United Kingdom for the Imperial Conference. ww2dbase [London, England | TH]
- Nos. 3 and 56 Squadrons RAF, both flying Tempest V fighters, arrived at RAF Newchurch in southern England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [RAF Newchurch | Newchurch, England | CPC]
- A group of German Schnellboote (E-boats) came across an American landing exercise at Slapton, England, United Kingdom and launched an attack, sinking two LSTs and damaging other craft, killing 198 sailors and 551 soldiers. ww2dbase [Exercise Tiger | Slapton, England | CPC]
- Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd visited Franklin Roosevelt at Bernard Baruch's estate Hobcaw Barony near Georgetown, South Carolina, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Georgetown, South Carolina | CPC]




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