Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942)

The Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942) also known as the Easter Sunday raid, was an air attack on Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft from the aircraft carriers of the 1st Air Fleet (Kidō Butai) during the Indian Ocean raid (31 March – 10 April 1942). The Japanese plan was to destroy the British Eastern Fleet in harbour.