15 fev 1940

Oceano Atlântico
8 abr 1940

Oceano Atlântico
24 mai 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • French destroyer Chacal, under command of Commander J. E. N. Estieene, was sunk in the English Channel off Boulogne, France by German aircraft. ww2dbase [English Channel | HM]
17 jun 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • The 1,147-ton Norwegian merchant steamer Komet, built in 1912 by Laxevaags of Bergen as the Norwegian cargo steamer Pluto for B.Stolt-Nielsen of Haugesund and renamed Charles Schiaffino in 1921 and Komet in 1924, was bombed and sunk by German aircraft in the English Channel near Caen, France. Two of her crew were killed in the attack. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | English Channel | HM]
30 set 1940

Oceano Atlântico
1 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
8 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
9 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • Seeadler completed her patrol off the Isle of Wight, southern England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
11 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • German torpedo boats Falke, Greif, Kondor, Seeadler, and Wolf sank British anti-submarine trawler HMT Warwick Deeping (no deaths), French submarine chasers Ch.6 (9 killed, 12 captured) and CH.7 (12 killed, 8 captured), and French armed trawler Listrac (12 killed, 25 wounded) in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight overnight. ww2dbase [First Happy Time | Wolf | Falke | Kondor | Greif | Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
  • Seeadler patrolled in the English Channel. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
12 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
29 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
30 out 1940

Oceano Atlântico
7 nov 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • Free French minesweeping trawler Poulmic hit a mine and sank off Plymouth, England, United Kingdom; 11 were killed and 7 survived. ww2dbase [English Channel | CPC]
2 dez 1940

Oceano Atlântico
3 dez 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • Seeadler began laying mines in the English Channel near Dover, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
  • Jaguar and Iltis completed laying a minefield off Dover, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Jaguar | Iltis | English Channel | CPC]
4 dez 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • Seeadler completed laying mines in the English Channel near Dover, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
14 dez 1940

Oceano Atlântico
  • The 680-ton French-built Melpomène-class torpedo boat HMS Branlebas, a poorly designed former French Navy craft now operating with the Royal Navy with a mixed French and British crew, broke her back at the after end of the engine room due to a heavy head sea in the English Channel off Eddystone Rocks at 0900 hours. She had been escorting a convoy out of Darthmouth, England, United Kingdom but had fallen behind and lost contact with the convoy. Her stern section separated, turned over and sank immediately. Only three sailors survived, and they were picked up from a life raft four days later. One of the British survivors was telegraphist Wilfred Sealey. ww2dbase [English Channel | HM]
21 dez 1940

Oceano Atlântico
22 dez 1940

Oceano Atlântico
23 jan 1941

Oceano Atlântico
24 jan 1941

Oceano Atlântico
5 fev 1941

Oceano Atlântico
  • The Royal Navy 641-ton HMS Tourmaline (T 42) had been taken over by the Admiralty in Nov 1935 and commissioned as an anti-submarine trawler and armed with a 1.4-inch gun. Under command of Lieutenant Henry Patterson Carse RNVR, the ship was patrolling the English Channel when attacked and sunk by German aircraft off North Foreland, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Carse survived the attack and went on to command both HMS Asphodel (K 56) a Flower class corvette and HMS Awe (K526), a frigate. He was one of only six survivors when the Asphodel was torpedoed and sunk on 10 Mar 1944. ww2dbase [English Channel | CPC, HM]
25 fev 1941

Oceano Atlântico
  • Jaguar and Iltis began laying a minefield off Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Iltis | Jaguar | English Channel | CPC]
26 fev 1941

Oceano Atlântico
  • Jaguar and Iltis completed laying a minefield off Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Iltis | Jaguar | English Channel | CPC]
5 mar 1941

Oceano Atlântico
  • Jaguar and Iltis began laying a minefield off Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Iltis | Jaguar | English Channel | CPC]
6 mar 1941

Oceano Atlântico
  • Jaguar and Iltis completed laying a minefield off Eastbourne, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Iltis | Jaguar | English Channel | CPC]
9 mar 1941

Oceano Atlântico
  • British minesweeping trawler HMT Gulfoss hit a mine and sank in the English Channel 3 miles south of Dungeness, Kent, England, United Kingdom, killing 10. ww2dbase [English Channel | CPC]
12 fev 1942

Oceano Atlântico
  • 2 RAF Spitfire fighters on patrol unexpectedly spotted a large German fleet escorted by torpedo boats sailing through the English Channel at 1042 hours. British coastal guns at South Foreland, England, United Kingdom fired 33 rounds at the fleet, all of which missed. A number of aircraft were launched to attack, which failed to destroy the fleet, while 37 aircraft were shot down in the process, killing 23 airmen. The only damage sustained by the Germans were by mines; Scharnhorst struck two and Gneisenau struck one. ww2dbase [Scharnhorst | Prinz Eugen | Gneisenau | Operation Cerberus | English Channel | CPC]
  • Torpedo boats Jaguar and Seeadler made rendezvous with battleship Scharnhorst, battleship Gneisenau, and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen off Cap Gris-Nez, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. ww2dbase [Operation Cerberus | Jaguar | Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
12 mar 1942

Oceano Atlântico
  • Torpedo boats Jaguar and Seeadler began escorting merchant raider Michel as the raider attacked British shipping in the English Channel. ww2dbase [Seeadler | Jaguar | English Channel | CPC]
2 abr 1942

Oceano Atlântico
12 mai 1942

Oceano Atlântico
  • Seeadler began escorting merchant raider Stier as the raider attacked British shipping in the English Channel. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
14 mai 1942

Oceano Atlântico
  • Seeadler was hit by a torpedo from a British motor torpedo boat, capsized, and then broke in half. 85 of her crew members were killed in the sinking. ww2dbase [Seeadler | Second Happy Time | English Channel | CPC]
20 jul 1942

Oceano Atlântico
1 ago 1942

Oceano Atlântico
3 fev 1943

Oceano Atlântico
  • Francis Gabreski, in a Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX fighter, was attacked by German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters over the English Channel. ww2dbase [Francis Gabreski | English Channel | CPC]
15 abr 1943

Oceano Atlântico
  • Flight Lieutenant Mathews and Flying Officer H. D. Johnson (No. 91 Squadron RAF based at Hawkinge), acting as spotters to a USAAC sweep over Europe, came across a dinghy in the English Channel with two Thunderbolt aircraft circling around above. An Air-Sea-Rescue Walrus was duly scrambled which picked up Lieutenant Colonel Chesley G. Peterson, the most decorated officer in the USAAC. ww2dbase [English Channel | AC]
21 mar 1944

Oceano Atlântico
22 mar 1944

Oceano Atlântico
24 mai 1944

Oceano Atlântico
  • While sailing from Cherbourg to Le Havre, France, torpedo boats Greif, Möwe, Falke, Kondor and Jaguar were attacked by Allied aircraft early in the day. Greif was struck by two bombs and lost all power at about 0600 hours. Without power, she drifted and collided with Falke (causing little damage). Möwe attempted to tow Greif, but failed to save her as Greif sank at 0632 hours. ww2dbase [Greif | Jaguar | Falke | Kondor | Möwe | English Channel | CPC]
6 jun 1944

6 jun 1944 Fotos
A United States Navy LST ferrying a US Army field hospital unit toward Omaha Beach, Normandie, France, 6 Jun 1944.
14 jun 1944

Oceano Atlântico
22 jun 1944

Oceano Atlântico
25 jun 1944

Oceano Atlântico
20 jul 1944

Oceano Atlântico
  • Flight Officer Micheal Williams and the Navigator Flight Officer Arthur Waples failed to return to their base at Castle Camps. The last report from their Mosquito XVII aircraft was over the sea near Dover, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [English Channel | HM]
8 ago 1944

Oceano Atlântico
  • A British Mosquito night fighter of 604 squadron reported that they had brought down a German Do 217 aircraft, which was operating over the English Channel launching V-1 flying bombs; tragically it was found that their victim was an Allied Albemarle transport aircraft flown by the SOE to drop supplies to agents in France; the crew of Australians were lost. ww2dbase [English Channel | HM]
26 ago 1944

Oceano Atlântico
  • Whilst engaged escorting RAF Marauder bombers on a mission Flight Officer Ted Topham (91 Squadron), flying his Spitfire LFIX fighter, sighted a V-1 flying bomb heading across the English Channel which he chased and brought down into the sea. This was his 10th kill and would be the squadron's 186th and final V-1 flying bomb brought down. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 1 | V-Weapons Campaign | English Channel | HM]
15 dez 1944

Oceano Atlântico
  • Noted American dance band leader Glenn Miller departed England, United Kingdom aboard a Noorduyn C-64A Norseman aircraft piloted by Flight Officer John R. S. "Nipper" Morgan for Villacoublay, France. The aircraft disappeared somewhere over the English Channel. ww2dbase [Glenn Miller | C-64 Norseman | English Channel | AC]



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