On 18-19 October 1940, Many ships are sunk from the Convoy
SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 by the most effective wolfpack of the
war including On the night of 18-19 October 1940, five boats
made a concentrated attack. The U-boats involved were
U-46,
U-99,
U-100,
U-101
and
U-123.
U-99
was commanded by the famous ace Korvettenkapitän Otto
Kretschmer. The attack was coordinated from Lorient by
Admiral Karl
Dönitz and his staff. SS Creekirk, SS Empire Brigade,
SS Fiscus, SS Assyrian.
Kriegsmarine trawler sunk by British patrol vessel off French
coast.
Bad weather hampered the British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers,
but night raids were made on shipyards at Kiel and Hamburg,
aluminium works at Lunen, factory at Dortmund, wharves at
Duisberg, goods yards at Schwerte, Osnabruck and Dortmund.
The war against Italy, South African Air Force, operating
from Sudan, successfully raided Barentu aerodrome. The British
Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers attacked Gura, Diredawa, Sollum,
Benghazi and Dodecanese Islands. Rhodes was bombed, direct
hits being obtained on aerodrome buildings.
Small number Luftwaffe of single aircraft dropped bombs in
southeast England and at one place in southeast Scotland.
During night raids on London a local museum was wrecked and
a school damaged. Britain lost one fighter.
Guns in action on both sides of Straits of Dover.
Japanese Air Force heavily bombed key bridges on Burma Road.
Go To: 19th
October
Articles:
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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