OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR May 10, 42

SS O20 leaving patrol zone to replenish at Soerabaja
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Shortlands
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Buna
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Madang
Coastwatcher Report: 3 ships in port at Milne Bay
Coastwatcher Report: harbor at Rabaul is reported empty
Coastwatcher Report: 4 ships in port at Kavieng
Coastwatcher Report: 3 ships in port at Woodlark Island
CS Convoy TF 37 begins loading Supplies at Pearl Harbor for delivery to Palmyra
Coastwatcher Report: 3 ships in port at Shortlands
Coastwatcher Report: 3 ships in port at Port Moresby
Coastwatcher Report: 1 ship in port at Gasmata
Coastwatcher Report: xAK Taito Maru reported in port at Rabaul
Task Force 24 arrives at Balboa
Task Force 233 correcting on/off map move
Task Force 233 arrives at Cape Town
Ki-46-II Dinah sighted over Soerabaja 
Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over Soerabaja 
Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over 75th Chinese/B Corps
Japanese Aircraft sighted over 75th Chinese/A Corps
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Changsha 
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Soerabaja 
Japanese Fighter sighted over 75th Chinese/B Corps
Japanese Fighter sighted over 75th Chinese/A Corps
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Changsha 
PBY-5 Catalina reports oil slick at 121, 163 near Anatom
PBY-5 Catalina sighting report: 2 Japanese ships at 182,47 near Sitkinak Island, speed 20, Moving East
Hudson III (LR) reports submarine wake at 131, 161 near Nadi
Japanese Recon sighted over Siangtan 
Japanese Aircraft sighted over 75th Chinese/B Corps
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over 75th Chinese/A Corps
Japanese Aircraft sighted over Siangtan 
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Changsha 
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Siangtan 
Japanese Aircraft sighted over 75th Chinese/B Corps
Japanese Torpedo Bomber sighted over 75th Chinese/A Corps
Japanese Fighter Bomber sighted over Siangtan 
Japanese Recon sighted over Changsha 
10 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
12 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
12 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
10 x Blenheim IV transporting supplies to Paoshan
12 x Wellington Ic transporting supplies to Chengtu
8 x Hudson IIIa transporting supplies to Paoshan
12 x Wellington Ic transporting supplies to Chengtu
10 x B-25B Mitchell transporting supplies to Chengtu
10 x B-25B Mitchell transporting supplies to Chengtu
10 x B-25B Mitchell transporting supplies to Chengtu
10 x B-25B Mitchell transporting supplies to Chengtu
Temporary flotation repairs failing aboard DD Crosby
TF 88 does not have enough fuel to complete mission
CS Convoy TF 138 begins loading Supplies at Los Angeles for delivery to Pearl Harbor
CS Convoy TF 233 begins loading Supplies at Cape Town for delivery to Bombay
Japanese forces CAPTURE Soerabaja !!!
Matsue expands airfield to size 4
Toyama expands airfield to size 4
Bangkok expands airfield to size 6
Nadi expands airfield to size 9
Delayed planes for the aircraft pool:
  2 (4) x B-18A Bolo, 3 (0) x B-17E Fortress, 3 (5) x P-40B Warhawk, 2 (8) x F4F-3 Wildcat
8th Australian Division takes replacements from Sydney
No.607 Sqn RAF arrives at Aden
632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion arrives at San Francisco
