David Stirling1940
Submits a plan to Ritchie & Auchinleck to raid airfields behind the Afika Korps
Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Submits a plan to Ritchie & Auchinleck to raid airfields behind the Afika Korps
The Special Air Service destroys 90 enemy transport & other aircraft
The Special Air Service destroys 90 enemy transport & other aircraft. Founds the Special Air Service which disrupts German supply lines in north Africa
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