Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, January 3, 1943. The descent of SSG Magee.

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Sunday, January 3, 1943. The descent of SSG Magee.

Dry docks under construction, Hunter's Point, California.

Free French forces defending Fondouk, Tunisia, are attacked by the Afrika Korps. They succeed in holding off the Germans on this day.

The United States Army Air Force bombed the submarine pens and docks at St. Nazaire. The RAF bombed the Ruhr. During the raid, the B-17 "Snap! Crackle! Pop!" was hit twice, and the crew had to bail out., save for SSG Alan Magee, the belly gunner, who was blown out while in the fuselage. He fell 22,000 ft. without a parachute, and through the glass ceiling of the St. Nazaire railroad station, and survived.

The Red Army captured Mosdok and Malgobek in the Caucasus.

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