[Homer_J_Simpson]

Havoc List Grows – 2
Chinese Reinforce British in Burma (Anderson) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
M’Arthur Ordered to Plan Offensive (Durdin) – 4-5
Priority for Ranks in Leaving Bataan (Hewlett) – 5
Russians Push On against the Finns – 6
Nazis Said to Lose Their Best Fliers (Parker) – 6-7
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 10-11
Moral Effect of Raids (Baldwin) – 11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/apr42/f20apr42.htm

British Spitfires reinforce Malta
Monday, April 20, 1942 www.onwar.com

Spitfire taking off from the deck of the HMS RenownIn the Mediterranean... Malta’s precarious position continues. German and Italian bombing continue. When the USS Wasp accompanied by HMS Renown, two cruisers and six destroyers attempt to deliver 47 desperately needed Spitfires to the island, thirty per cent of them are destroyed immediately after landing.