Diary January 21, 1944

01-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

Ju 88 'Little Blitz' raid on London — Ju 88 A-4, equipped with flare guards and an AB 1000 canister which held 610 B-1 incendiary bombs, for a ‘Little Blitz’ raid on London.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 21, 1944:

Air War

Britain – ‘LITTLE BLITZ’ ON LONDON (Operation Steinbock = ‘Ibex’): motley force of 447 aircraft (including He 177 heavy bombers) despatched, but only 32t bombs on target; 9 aircraft lost. 13 similar night raids January 29-30 to April 18-19.
Germany: 648 RAF night bombers raid Magdeburg (2,024t bombs). 2 German night fighter ‘aces’ Wittgenstein (83 victories) and Meurer (65 victories) killed.

Eastern Front

Northern Sector: Shattering Russian artillery bombardment overwhelms German garrison of Mga, southeast of Leningrad.

Mediterranean

Italy: US 36th (Texas) Division heavily defeated during attempted crossing of river Rapido.

Secret War

Iceland: German agents report the departure of British Arctic Convoy JW.56A.

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.