Diary July 15, 1942

07-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

Formation of Spitfire Vb's — Formation of Spitfire Vb’s of 81 squadron.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 15, 1942:

Air War

Western Europa: 200 Spitfire Mk Vs carry out offensive sweep over Northern France. Wing Commander ‘Paddy’ Finucane – 21-year-old ‘ace’ (32 victories) – shot down and killed by machine gun fire near Le Touquet.

Neutrals

Argentina: Death of ex-President Ortiz; aged 55.

Sea War

Arctic – Operation EON 18: Russian destroyer squadron transferred from Vladivostok to Kola Inlet, via Bering Street (July 15 – October 14).

Home Fronts

Brazil: Petrol rationing introduced.

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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.