Diary January 12, 1943

01-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

P-38 Lighting — The P-38 Lightning is called by the Germans ‘Gabelschwanzteufel’ (‘The Devil with the Cleft Tail’).

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 12, 1943:

Air War

Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress wreck buildings and aircraft on Castel Benito airfield, near Tripoli, while escorting P-38 Lightnings rout 20 defending Me 109 Gustav fighters.

Africa

Western Desert: Montgomery sends ‘Personal Message’ to men of 8th Army, calling for supreme effort to drive Italians from Tripoli – their last African stronghold: ‘Our families and friends . . . will be thrilled when they hear we have captured that place.’
Leclerc’s Free French troops now in complete control of South Libya (Fezzan).

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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.

Air War

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