Ireland

Poet William Souter died in Perth.

Annie S Swan, novelist, died.

Viscount Cunningham, British admiral issued his command Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass

Aircraft carrier HMS Dasher blew up and sank off the island of Arran, loss of 350 crew

HMS Dasher (D37) was a British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, of the Avenger class, converted merchant vessels, and one of the shortest-lived escort carriers. She served in the Second World War and sank on 27 March 1943.

Prince George, killed when his flying boat crashed into Eagles Rock in Caithness

On August 25, 1942, Prince George, Duke of Kent, the younger brother of King George VI, was tragically killed in a military air crash. He was aboard a Short Sunderland flying boat of the Royal Air Force when it crashed into Eagles Rock near Dunbeath in Caithness, Scotland.

Charles Harper, born

Birth of artist Charles Harper on Valentia Island in County Kerry

Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, killed

Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.

First US troops (over, 10,000 men) disembark from Queen Mary on the River Clyde.

Mary MacSwiney, Irish patriot, dies

Mary MacSwiney (27 March 1872 – 8 March 1942) was an Irish republican activist and politician, as well as a teacher. Born in London to an Irish father and English mother, she returned to Ireland with her family at the age of six and was educated at St Angela’s School in Cork.

Stephen Hayes, a former IRA chief of staff, is kidnapped on 30 June

Stephen Hayes, a former IRA Chief of Staff, was kidnapped by members of the IRA on 30 June 1941. He later claimed he was subjected to a court martial and tortured during his captivity, accused of being a government informant.