Japanese air attack on allied merchant ship near Ceylon without success according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 28 May 1942

An item reported that on the Indian Ocean 30 miles east of Ceylon a Japanese 4-engine driven flying boat attacked an Allied merchant ship although without any success.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 169 dated 28 May 1942