Thrusday, April 29, 1943. The sinking of the McKeesport.

The SS McKeesport was sunk by a U-boat, which lead to a convoy battle that took place that, in the end, sent 47 U-boats to the bottom of the Atlantic.

Forty-seven.  That's really remarkable.

The McKeepsport has not been forgotten.

Sarah Sundin notes:

Today in World War II History—April 29, 1943: 80 Years Ago—Apr. 29, 1943: US War Labor Board demands equal pay for equal work for women in war industries, retroactive to April 5.

She also notes:  

US Civil Air Patrol is transferred from the Office of Civilian Defense to the War Department as an Army Air Force auxiliary.

Strikes spread in the Netherlands, commencing on this day, in reaction to a German decision to reclaim released Dutch POWs.  They had been paroled under conditions that they not rejoin combat, a common parole condition for centuries, but many had instead entered the resistance.

British poster urging natural gas conservation.