Monday, April 27, 2026

Monday, 27 April 1942

US NAVY

US ARMY AIR FORCE

EIGHTH AF—ADVONs of HQ, Eighth AF and of bomber, fighter and base commands, along with 15th Bomb Squadron, 2d Air Depot Group, and a weather dets totaling about 1,800 men, sail from Boston for UK.

FIFTH AF—In Australia, US Army Air Services, under General Rush B. Lincoln, took over responsibility as an administrative, supply, maintenance, and engineering command under Allied Air Forces, SWPA.

US ARMY

UNITED STATES—U.S. Army Air Services is formed under Maj General Rush B. Lincoln to take responsibility for air service from USAFIA.

CHINA—General Stilwell presents “Proposal to Organize and Train a Chinese Force in India” to Chiang Kai-shek and gains his approval in principle.

US MARINE CORPS

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