Friday, March 15, 2019

Survivors Rescued

WED 15 MAR 1944
Atlantic
Destroyer escort McAnn (DE-179), coordinating her operations with USN and USAAF planes, rescues survivors of a crashed B-17 off coast of Brazil, 01°31'N, 32°35'W.

Pacific
USAAF B-25s sink small Japanese cargo vessel Konpira Maru off Hollandia.

Mediterranean
U.S. freighter China Mail is damaged by bomb fragments during German air raid on Naples, Italy. There are no casualties among the ship's complement, which includes 13 Armed Guard sailors.

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