Diary May 3, 1944

05-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

remains of a shot-down Halifax bomber — The remains of a shot-down Handley Page Halifax bomber.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 3, 1944:

Air War

Western Europe: 49 RAF bombers lost during night raids on tank-truck park at Mailly, near Rheims; Montdidier aircraft stores; ammunition dump at Chateaudun; and Ludwigshafen.

Southeast Asia

Burma: British 14th Army captures heights above Maungdaw-Buthidaung road (Arakan).

Home Fronts

USA: Production of synthetic quinine (anti-malarial) by young Harvard scientists Woodward and Doering; announced at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Occupied Territories

France: 100,000 litres acetone burnt by Resistance in Lambiotte plant, Premery.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.