Air Operations, Europe
The RAF carry out its first 'area bombing' raid on a German city referred to as Operation Abigail. During the night 134 aircraft are sent to Mannheim. 103 bombers make it to Mannheim and in 6 hours 89 tons of high-explosive bombs and 14,000 incendiaries are dropped. The main target is a plant producing submarine engines, but it is not hit. 5 other industrial plants are hit, 1 seriously. Large fires are started on both banks of the Rhine. Casualties are 23 killed and 80 injured. Other targets include Speyer-am-Rhein and Heilbronn. Basle, Switzerland is accidentally bombed and 4 people are killed. (See February 18, 1941).
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]Battle of the Atlantic
U-37 sinks the Spanish steamer San Carlos (223t) off Cape Juby with the loss of 1 crewman.
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Mediterranean
- There are further British and Italian fleet operations in the next few days. Valona in Albania is shelled by the British battleships Valiant and Warspite. The Italians are also active in support of their armies in Albania with Lukova, just north of the Corfu Channel being shelled. The British carrier Illustrious attacks airfields on Rhodes and sends strikes against Italian convoys.
- The British submarine Truant sinks the Italian tanker Bonzo (8177t) off Punta Stilo.
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