9 April 1942
More Blenheims thrown away over Ceylon
Bay of Bengal
We turned away several waves of air raids over our troops and ships today, although it did get a little dangerous at times. Overall the enemy lost 10 Hurricanes, 8 Blenheims, 2 Albacore, and a Hudson, with only 2 downed Oscars to show for it. But that Albacore raid was 3 planes, and one of them did manage to launch a torpedo at a cargo ship. I have some pretty valuable AOs here to sustain my presence, and a torpedo hit on one of those would have been an easy kill. Accordingly, I'm adding some more fighters here and I'm going to be much more conservative with my sweeps.
A Betty raid on Rangoon sank a cargo ship in port and damaged/sank a minesweeper.
CENTPAC
Kido Butai has been spotted again, north of Pago Pago. I'll be sweeping Pago tomorrow to get a feel for its defenses.
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