List of air operations during the Battle of Europe
This World War II timeline of European Air Operations lists notable military events in the skies of the European Theater of Operations of World War II from the Invasion of Poland to Victory in Europe Day. The list includes combined arms operations, defensive anti-aircraft warfare, and encompasses areas within the territorial waters of belligerent European states.[4] 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
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1941
10 February : Operation Colossus, the first British paratrooper raid, blew up an Italian aqueduct.
May 10: The longest blitz air raid on london killing 2324 people and 11,000 houses.
1942
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References
- Notes
- Irving, David (1964). The Mare's Nest. London: William Kimber and Co. p. 223. ISBN 0-586-06368-4. NOTE: V-2 rocket air operations were conducted by various German Army units, but operational orders were issued by a Joint Services (OKW) command.
- "Campaign Diary". Royal Air Force Bomber Command 60th Anniversary. UK Crown. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
1940: May-June (Battle of France) Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine July-December June-October (Battle of Britain) Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive
1941: January-April Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine May-August Archived 3 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine September- December Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
1942: January Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, May , June Archived 6 July 2007 at the UK Government Web Archive, July Archived 11 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 11 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 10 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 6 July 2007 at the UK Government Web Archive, November Archived 6 July 2007 at the UK Government Web Archive, December Archived 6 July 2007 at the UK Government Web Archive
1943: January Archived 21 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 21 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 15 March 2012 at WebCite, June Archived 21 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2012-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 29 September 2004 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2009-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
1944: January Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2007-11-12 at the Wayback Machine March Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 21 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine(D-Day Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine), July Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive, August Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2008-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, November, December Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
1945 January Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2007-07-06 at the UK Government Web Archive, April Archived 2012-07-28 at the Wayback Machine -
McKillop, Jack. "Combat Chronology of the USAAF". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
1942: January Archived 2009-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
1943: January Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2012-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2006-10-07 at the Wayback Machine
1944: January Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2014-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, October Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, November Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, December Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
1945: January Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, February Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, March Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine, April Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, May Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, June Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, July Archived 2010-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, August Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine, September Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
NOTE: The Chronicles for August 13, 1944 inaccurately list the BATTY mission as an APHRODITE mission - NOTE: Air offensive or defensive operations does not include cargo operations such as Operation Carpetbagger or reconnaissance from air.
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- Stalin's Private Airfields; The diplomacy surrounding the AAF mission to aid the Poles and the mission itself is extensively covered in Richard C. Lukas's The Strange Allies: The United States and Poland, 1941-1945, pp. 61-85. Warsaw Rising Museum
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- Till, Major Noel O (September 1945). Report on Investigations, WO 309/1592. No. 2 War Crimes Investigation Team.
From the Till report of June 1945: "The Intelligence Officer with 83 Group RAF has admitted on two occasions; first to Lt H. F. Ansell of this Team (when it was confirmed by a Wing Commander present), and on a second occasion to the Investigating Officer when he was accompanied by Lt. H. F. Ansell, that a message was received on 2 May 1945 that these ships were loaded with KZ prisoners but that, although there was ample time to warn the pilots of the planes who attacked these ships on the following day, by some oversight the message was never passed on... From the facts and from the statement volunteered by the RAF Intelligence Officer, it appears that the primary responsibility for this great loss of life must fall on the British RAF personnel who failed to pass to the pilots the message they received concerning the presence of KZ prisoners on board these ships." See: Jacobs and Pool, 2004 and Till, 1945
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