Diary February 26, 1944

02-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

Shooting down of a DB-7 Havoc over a beach in the Southwest Pacific, as the plane drops its bombs in emergency into the sea.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 26, 1944:

Air War

Pacific: 200 Allied planes attack Rabaul, destroying munition dumps.
Eastern Front: 600 Russian bombers (3 lost) raid Helsinki between 6 pm and 6 am, starting fires visible for 400 km.

Home Fronts

British Guiana: Source of river Orinoco discovered by crew of USAAF plane in mountainous gorge near Brazilian-Venezuelan border.

Occupied Territories

France: Resistance attack SOMUA armour-plate works at Lyons (over 30 plastic explosive charges fail to explode).

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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.

Air War

Home Fronts

Occupied Territories

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