Running fights took place between British motor torpedo boats
and German light naval forces, in which one Kriegsmarine ship
was rammed. Admiralty announced that the mine-sweeping trawlers
HMS Tamarisk and HMS Pyrope sank following air attack.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) carried out daylight operations
over area extending from Jutland to Bay of Biscay, targets
included aerodromes at Waalhaven, Hingene, Caen, Cherbourg,
Morlaix, and seaplane base at Brest. Twelve aircraft did not
return. During night large force of British Royal Air Force
(RAF) bombers seriously damaged Caproni aircraft works at
Milan and Fiat plant at Turin. Other bombers attacked
Junkers
factories at Dessau, 60 miles South West of Berlin, and at
Bernburg, munition works at Luenen and Grevenbroich, military
targets inf the Ruhr, and 14 aerodromes in Germany, Holland,
Belgium and France.
Italian attacks on Jugargan positions, Somaliland, renewed
but with scant success. Column advancing along coast road
from Zeila engaged by. British aircraft and gunfire from HMS
ships. Engagements in Gallabat area, Sudan resulted in withdrawal
of Italian forces with considerable losses.
All day air battle along South Coast. Seventy-eight Luftwaffe
aircraft shot down. Thirteen British fighters lost, but pilots
of ten reported to be safe. Mass attacks made on Southampton.
Bombs dropped in Isle of Wightand country districts of Berks,
Hants and Wilts. Several British Royal Air Force (RAF) aerodromes
in Southeast England attacked.
Three Australian ministers, army chief of staff, and other
prominent officials killed in air crash at Canberra.
French war guilt trials opened in secret session at Riom
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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