Diary May 8, 1941

05-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

Diary for Thursday, May 8, 1941:

Air War

RAF night raids on Germany by 359 aircraft: main targets, Hamburg and Bremen.
British radio counter-measures and decoy fires (code-named ‘Starfish’) foil attempted ‘Blitz’ night raid on Rolls-Royce works at Derby; many bombs are wasted on Peak District, Nottingham and agricultural Vale of Belvoir. Waddington (Lincs.) airfield and village bombed.

Sea War

German disguised raider Pinguin sunk by HMS Cornwall off the Seychelles.

About The Author

Kretaner

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

Sea War

About The Author

Kretaner

Related Posts

Leave a Comment Cancel Reply