Diary September 6, 1940

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

The Operation room of the RAF Fighter Command. The womens of the Royal Air Force Service were marking the positions of the enemy planes and the own fighters on a large map.

Diary for Friday, September 6, 1940:

Air War

Battle of Britain (Day 59): Airfield attacks continue; Hawker factory at Weybridge bombed.

Home Fronts

Britain: King and Queen visit RAF Fighter Command HQ at Bentley Priory, Stanmore (Middx.).

Sea War

Atlantic: U-boat U-47 is guided to Convoy SC.2 by U-65 and sinks 3 ships (night 6-7). U-47 sinks fourth ship following night – outwitting escorts equipped with Asdic by attacking on the surface.

Neutrals

Rumania: King Carol abdicates following fascist riots in Bucharest and leaves the country with his mistress, Magda Lupescu. Prince Michael ascends the throne for second time (his wayward father having renounced the succession in 1925 but returned in 1930).
Vichy France: General Weygand quits Government; to command Vichy forces in North Africa.

Secret War

Two German agents – Caroli and Schmidt – land by parachute in Oxon (September 6 and 10); Caroli arrested almost immediately.

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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.