Diary September 16, 1940

09-1940, War Diary, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Illustrious surrounded by Swordfishs — The British aircraft carrier ‘Illustrious’ surrounded by launching Swordfish torpedo aircraft.

Diary for Monday, September 16, 1940:

Air War

Minor daylight raids on Southeast England (bad weather). Night raids on London by 150 aircraft; damage in West End.
Göring orders fresh attacks on RAF Fighter Command, which he still hopes to crush within 4-5 days; aircraft factories also earmarked for attack. Small formations of fast bombers to be closely escorted by large numbers of Me 109Es.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Royal Navy carrier raid on Benghazi. Swordfish aircraft from Illustrious torpedo one Italian destroyer and 2 cargo ships and sink second destroyer with mine (night September 16-17).

Neutrals

USA: Conscription Bill signed by Roosevelt.

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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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