B-24s of 7th BG lost over Rangoon in March 1943

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Thank you, guys!

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

There is nothing about these losses in "Air War for Burma" by Shores on either 10 or 13 March 1943. There is no mention of 7th BG or any of its squadrons between 29 December 1942 and 31 March 1943.

Exactly! The two B-24s were the very first ones of the kind shot down by Japanese fighters in the CBI. Certainly an event worth mentioning. Oddly, Eric Hammel in his "Air War Pacific Chronology", which lists operations by the 7th BG quite meticulously, doesn't mention it either, hence my doubts.