Timeline Tuesday 2 March 1943

Events on Tuesday 2 March 1943 2

• 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea Allied aircraft destroy a Japanese troop convoy US and Australian aircraft attacked a Japanese convoy carrying troops to New Guinea. They sank all eight transports and four of the escorting destroyers, using skip bombing. Japan stopped sending large convoys to New Guinea afterwards.
• 1943 Tony Meehan born Hampstead, London Daniel "Tony" Meehan was born on 2 March 1943 in Hampstead, London. He would become the original drummer of The Shadows, the youngest member of the founding lineup.