Diary March 15, 1940

War Diary, 03-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Ground and aircrew investigate a last minute engine snag before the day air test of an Armstrong Whitworth AW38 Whitley bomber that always preceded a mission.

Diary for Friday, March 15, 1940:

Air War

RAF aircraft drop leaflets over Warsaw (night March 15-16). A Whitley, low on fuel, lands by mistake in a field in West Germany and crew converse with inhabitants. They take off again and escape, despite small arms fire.

Neutrals

Romania: Amnesty for fascist Iron Guard (see September 21, 1939). 800 released from prison camps after they swear an oath of loyalty to King Carol.

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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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