British base on Ceylon attacked by Japanese aircraft according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 9 April 1942

An item referred to the press reporting that the British naval base at Trincomalee, northeast coast of Ceylon was bombed on 9 April.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 120 dated 9 April 1942