What the records say
- When
- 9 Feb 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 61.46° N, 5.64° E
- Description
- military operation on 9 February 1945
- War
- World War II
Black Friday (1945)
Allied attack on German ships in Norway
On 9 February 1945, near the end of the Second World War, a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered many losses during an attack on the German destroyer Z33 and its escorting vessels; the operation was called Black Friday by the survivors.
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