An item reported that the harbour and airfield facilities of Trincomalee, Ceylon was attacked by 54 Japanese bombers and 40 fighters causing some damaged including one merchant ship. The aircraft came from a Japanese naval force including 3 battleships and 4 aircraft carriers. British planes attacked this force scoring 3 near misses on the carriers. Japanese losses were probably 6 planes and another 2 damaged while the British lost 4 planes and another 4 damaged.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 121 dated 10 April 1942
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