On Fri. 15 Jan 1943 USAAF B-24 bombers attacked a Japanese convoy 200.....
USAAF B-24 bombers attacked a Japanese convoy 200 miles south-southwest of Rangoon, Burma, sinking Nichimei Maru. Unknown to the American airmen, the transport was carrying Allied prisoners of war, 500 of whom would be lost in the sinking.
