Diary August 10, 1942

08-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

Picture taken from aircraft carrier Victorious at the beginning of Operation Pedestal: from the following carrier ‘Indomitable’ an Albacore torpedo plane is starting. The last carrier is ‘Eagle’.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 10, 1942:

Sea War

Mediterranean – OPERATION PEDESTAL: 14-ship British convoy leaves Gibraltar for Malta under heavy escort – only 4 transports and burning tanker Ohio reach Malta, August 13-15. From August 11-14 they are battered by Axis aircraft, submarines and MTBs. Ships sunk: carrier Eagle, cruisers Cairo and Manchester, destroyer Foresight and 7 merchant vessels. Ships badly damaged: carrier Indomitable, 2 cruisers, 1 destroyer and 7 merchant vessels. 2 Italian submarines rammed and sunk by British destroyers.

Air War

Britain: Night raid on Colchester and East Anglia; direct hit on mental hospital (heavy casualties).
Germany: 166 RAF bombers attacking Osnabrueck and dropping 457t of bombs.

Eastern Front

Stalingrad: Paulus’ 6th Army reaches outskirts of Stalingrad; Hoth’s Panzers drive towards city from southwest.

About The Author

Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Sea War

Air War

Eastern Front

About The Author

Kretaner

Related Posts

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply