Diary June 20, 1943

06-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

crew of 9th squadron's Lancaster board their aircraft at Bardney, Lincolnshire — he crew of 9th squadron’s Lancaster board their aircraft at Bardney, Lincolnshire, before taking off the ten-hour Shuttle Raid to Friedrichshafen, one of the longest they would be expected to make.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 20, 1943:

Air War

Germany – FIRST ALLIED SHUTTLE RAID: 60 RAF Lancaster bombers raid Zeppelin (radar) works at Friedrichshafen, then fly on to Algiers. After refuelling and rearming they return home, June 23-24 (bombing Spezia naval base en route).

Sea War

Mediterranean: First of 5 troop convoys leaves the Clyde for Operation Husky. King George VI arrives at Malta aboard HMS Aurora.
Atlantic: British naval anti-submarine ‘Support’ and ‘Escort’ groups supplement Allied air offensive against U-boats in Bay of Biscay.

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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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