Diary February 13, 1941

02-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Fairey Albacore I torpedo bomber, which saw it’s first combat service in March 1940. Though still a biplane, it had an all-metal monocoque fuselage and heated enclosed cabin. Planned as a successor of the Fairey Swordfish, until 1943 there was only a quarter build of the numbers of the Swordfish (which stayed in production to the end of the war).

Diary for Thursday, February 13, 1941:

Sea War

Operation Composition: Albacore biplanes from British carrier Formidable raid shipping at Massawa (Italian East Africa).

Politics

General Franco (Spain) meets Petain (Vichy France) at Montpellier.

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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.

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