Diary March 24, 1942

03-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

Although the USAAF’s P-40 Warhawk was technically superior to the Nakajima Oscar, it was often pilot skill that determined the victory in favour of the Japanese pilot in the early war years. Here, a Curtiss P-40 E falls victim to an Oscar air attack in the early months of 1942 over southeast Asia.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 24, 1942:

Air War

Southeast Asia: Major John Van Kuren Newkirk (‘Scarsdale Jack’) top fighter ‘ace’ (25 victories) of the AVG (‘Flying Tigers’) killed during sweep over Chiang Mai airfield, Thailand; aged 28.
Britain: British Army Air Corps formed.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Destroyer Southwold mined and sunk off Malta.

Occupied Territories

Poland: General Sikorski visits Roosevelt in Washington.

Neutrals

Egypt: General Election: Wafdists (Nationalists) win overwhelming victory.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.