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June 26th, 1940
(WEDNESDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM:
RAF Bomber Command: Bombing - aluminium works. 58 Sqn. Ten aircraft to Ichendorf. Four bombed
primary, four bombed alternatives.
77 Sqn. Five aircraft to Ludwigshaven. One returned early and landed at Bircham Newton after
two aircrew baled out. Four bombed.
102 Sqn. Five aircraft to Ludwigshaven. Two returned early, one bombed primary, one bombed
alternative.The British government releases a paper revealing the
Lancastria tragedy. Recent estimates give nearly 5 000 dead. Official reports are still
sealed the most likely reason unfortunately being so as to negate claims laid by survivors
and their relatives against the British government. (Lawrence Patterson)
More information. and
more...
Corvette HMS Crocus launched.
U.S.S.R.: Moscow: Russia demands that
Romania secedes Bessarabia (Moldovia) and
northern Bukovina.
CANADA:
Corvette HMCS Trillium launched
Montreal, Province of Quebec.
ATLANTIC OCEAN:
SS Dimitris was shelled and sunk by
U-29. All hands survived.
At 0228, the unescorted Crux was torpedoed and
sunk by UA. Twenty minutes after
the crew left the ship in lifeboats; a southbound ship passed by very near, but
did not see them in the dark. They did not use their flashes to make themselves
known, because they thought that the U-boat was still near them. The British SS
Brutus picked them up the following day.
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