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• USS Skipjack attacked a Japanese transport in the Pacific Ocean; all four torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• USS Gar reported sinking a Japanese ship in daylight with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Viktor Lutze, head of the SA, was killed by partisans; he was succeeded by Wilhelm Scheppmann. The cause of death was officially stated as an automobile accident. ww2dbase [TH]
• Japanese aircraft conducted a raid on Darwin, Australia. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The RAF Bomber Command reported to the British Air Ministry that it currently had 725 ready crews for operations; the number included 129 crews of Wellington bombers and 250 crews for Lancaster bombers. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• The Japanese Southeast Detached Force was established for the defense of the Solomon Islands, with its base in Rabaul. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Franklin Roosevelt informed George Marshall that he was going to approve the supplies Chiang Kaishek requested without any caveats, which included 500 planes and 10,000 tons of supplies to be delivered over the Hump. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]
• The British Admiralty was officially announced the loss of destroyer HMS Beverley, sunk on 11 Apr 1943 while escorting Allied convoy ON-176. ww2dbase [AC]

2 May 1943 Interactive Map