Diary July 7, 1943

07-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

In the history of aerial warfare, only two fighter pilotes have achieved more than 300 victories – Hauptmann Erich Hartmann (left) and Major Gerhard Barkhorn (right), both of JG52.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 7, 1943:

Air War

Eastern Front: Top Luftwaffe ‘ace’ Lieutenant Erich Hartmann shoots down 4 Lavochkin fighters and 3 Stormoviks near Kursk (Hartmann’s final victory tally is 352).
Far East: Japanese Ki-77 courier plane lost over Indian Ocean, en route to Berlin. RAF Vengeance dive-bombers attack Japanese HQ Thaungdara, north of Rangoon.

Sea War

Atlantic: U-boat U-185 sinks 3 ships in Brazilan convoy BT.18.

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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.

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