US NAVY
PACIFIC—Motor torpedo boat PT-35, undergoing repairs
on the marine railway at the Cebu Shipyard and Engineering Works, is destroyed
by crew as Japanese capture Cebu, 10°18'N, 123°54'E.
ATLANTIC—U.S. freighter Delvalle, en route from New
Orleans, Louisiana to Buenos Aires, Argentina, via St. Thomas, Virgin Islands,
is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-154 at 16°51'N, 72°25'W. One
man from the 54 man crew drowns when the ship is abandoned; there are no
casualties among the five passengers or the four man Armed Guard. Canadian
armed merchant cruiser HMCS Prince Henry rescues some of the survivors,
the rest reach Jacmel, Haiti, via motor launch.
Panamanian
motor tanker Stanvac Melbourne is torpedoed by German submarine U-203
about 15 miles off Frying Pan Shoals, 33°53'N, 77°29'W; Coast Guard cutter CG-186
rescues survivors, 41 merchant seamen and the 7 man Armed Guard.
Unarmed
U.S. tanker Esso Boston, en route from Venezuela to Nova Scotia, is
torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-130 at 21°42'N, 60°00'W and
abandoned. The Germans question the survivors, offer food and water and provide
directions to nearest land (see 13 April).
U.S.
freighter Leslie is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-123 approximately
three miles southeast of Hetzel Shoals Gas Buoy, 28°37'N, 80°25'W; 27 survivors
from the 31 man crew, and one passenger, reach the coast of Florida just north
of Cape Canaveral. U.S. tanker Esso Bayonne rescues one other surviving
crewman; he goes ashore at Key West the next day.
Coast
Guard cutter Vigilant (WPC-154) runs aground during search for submarine
off St. Lucie's Inlet, 27°03'N,80°05'W, but emerges from the incident with only
minor damage.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
ARMY AIR FORCES—General Arnold sends air plans for BOLERO
to General Marshall in London. Plan calls for establishment of Eighth AF in UK.
FIFTH AF—Australia-based B‑25’s, staging through Mindanao,
hit harbor and shipping at Cebu while B‑17’s carry out single-bomber strikes
from Mindanao against Cebu harbor and Nichols Field.
US ARMY
UNITED STATES—General
Arnold, Chief AAF, sends General Marshall, attending BOLERO conference in
London, air plan for BOLERO, calling for establishment of Eighth Air Force in
England.
PHILLIPINE ISLANDS—Since Japanese now control cross-island highway
on Cebu, General Chynoweth retreats to mountains of N Cebu, where he organizes
remnants of the garrison for guerrilla warfare. Japanese, employing guns on
Bataan and Cavite, intensify artillery bombardment of Corregidor. Enemy
aircraft continue to pound the island.
BURMA—Chinese 38th Division of 66th Army, previously earmarked
for defense of Mandalay, begins movement to Irrawaddy front to assist Burma I
Corps in holding line Minhla–Taungdwingyi. During night 12–13, Japanese occupy
Migyaungye, exposing W flank of Burma Army.
US MARINE CORPS
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