German warship torpedoed in North Sea by Swordship aircraft
of Fleet Arm. British " motor torpedo;boat sighted six enemy
Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) and engaged them. Enemy made off,
but at least one was hit.
News was released of sinking on 17 June 1940 of liner Lancastria
which was bombed by Luftwaffe aircraft off St. Nazaire during
final evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)
Death roll of about 2,500, mostly British soldiers.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made night raids on docks
at Emden, Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg, faireraft factories are
Wismar and Wenzendorf, and seaplane bases at Borkum and Texel.
Haifa bombed by hostile aircraft causing an oil fire 46 people
killed and 88 injured.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers successfully attacked
ammunition dump south of Bardia, Libya. Patrolling Gladiators
shot down four Luftwaffe fighters and disabled a fifth. Hangars
at Macaaca damaged.
Twelve Luftwaffe aircraft, including an American dive-bomber
captured from the French, destroyed in and around Britain.
Biggest air battle was fought off Southeast coast.
Rumanian Government took over control of Astra Romana Oil
Company, owned by British and Dutch interests.
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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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