Diary July 6, 1944

07-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

Though one of the largest fighters of all time, the Northrop P-61 Black Widow was surprisingly tractable, and its lateral controls were exciting.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 6, 1944:

Air War

Pacific: First purpose-built US night fighter – Northrop P-61 Black Widow – destroys Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber over Saipan.

Eastern Front

Central Sector: Russian 1st BRF captures Kovel, in northwest Ukraine.

Politics

USA: De Gaulle and Roosevelt confer in Washington; De Gaulle welcomed in New York City, July 10.

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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

Eastern Front

Politics

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