Allied aircraft scouted Port Blair, Andaman Islands according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 22 May 1942

An item reported that allied aircraft flying over of Port Blair, Andaman Islands sighted on 18 May 8 Japanese flying boats, 8 float planes and one small merchant ship. Work on the landing field continued.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 163 dated 22 May 1942