Diary July 9, 1943

British paratroopers inside Dakota
British paratroopers inside a Dakota transport plane.
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 9, 1943:

Air War

Mediterranean: B-24 Liberator bombers destroy Axis GHQ at Taormina (Sicily). British 1st Airborne Division and US 82nd Airborne Division land in Sicily (night July 9-10).
Germany: 255 RAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 1,614t of bombs.

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