Today in World War II History—April 18, 1943
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Apr. 18, 1943: “Palm Sunday Massacre”—US Ninth Air Force and RAF fighters destroy 59 German Ju 52 & Ju 53 transport planes bound for North Africa.
Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of Japanese Combined Fleet, is killed when his plane is shot down by US Thirteenth Air Force P-38s over Bougainville.