Diary March 12, 1941

03-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Transporting bombs for a Handley Page Halifax. The Halifax average survival rate was about 20 combat missions in six weeks. The first five missions for a new crew were the most dangerous ones, where about 40 per cent of all bombers were lost.

Diary for Wednesday, March 12, 1941:

Air War

Germany – RAF raid on Berlin: first of 10 heavy raids during 1941. Halifax four-engined bombers participate in night raid on Hamburg.

Home Fronts

Britain: Churchill describes Lease-Lend Act as a ‘new Magna Carta‘.

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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.

Air War

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