Diary September 10, 1942

09-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

RAF 'christmas trees' of the pathfinder bombers — The RAF ‘christmas trees’ of the pathfinder bombers are the harbingers of the deadly bombs.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 10, 1942:

Air War

Germany: 476 RAF bombers (including 174 bomber/trainers) make second concentrated 50-minutes night raid on Duesseldorf (31 bombers lost).

Sea War

North Sea: British MTBs and MGBs attack strongly escorted convoy off the Dutch island of Texel (night September 10-11), damaging 2 ships and MGB-335 lost.

Africa

Madagascar: After 4-month stalemate British and South Africans take steps to occupy entire island. British 29th Brigade lands at Majunga (West coast), while South Africans advance south, overland from Diego Suarez, towards the capital, Tananarive.

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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.

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