Diary June 7, 1940

War Diary, 06-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Farman 223.4 Jules Verne from Air France, the first ‘bomber’ which was attacking Berlin in WW2.

Diary for Friday, June 7, 1940:

France

Rommel advances 30 miles (ca. 48 km) to Forges-Ies-Eaux, north of Rouen.

Air War

French Naval Air Force attempts token bombing raid on Berlin: converted Centre NC223 4-engined mailplane makes 13 1/2-hour flight, Bordeaux-Channel-North Sea-Baltic Sea-Berlin(?)-Paris. Crew claim to have attacked Berlin, but bombs apparently fall in open country (night June 7-8).

Home Front

Britain: Late Captain Warburton-Lee awarded first V.C. of WW2 (killed commander of British destroyers in ‘First Battle of Narvik’, see April 10, 1940).

Sea War

First successful landings by Hurricane fighters on a British carrier, when evacuated from Norway by HMS Glorious.

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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.