On This Day ... in 1941 & Others
As British forces continued their steady advance in Italian East Africa, Fleet Air Arm Albacore biplanes
from the carrier HMS Formidable bombed Massawa in Eritrea.
1942: British troops in Burma retreated to the Sittang river as the Japanese advance on Rangoon continued to make progress.
1956: In Kluang Malaya, Australian and British aircraft bombed the jungle base of the 7th Independent Platoon, Malayan Races Liberation Army in Central Johore. The raid was carried out by Lincolns of No. 1 Squadron RAAF and Canberras of No. 12 Squadron RAF. It wiped out the camp and was regarded as the most successful of the 4,000 sorties flown by the Australians in Malaya.