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On Tues. 26 Nov 1940 German aircraft torpedoed and sank Free French arm.....

1940-11-26

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German aircraft torpedoed and sank Free French armed patrol ship Medoc, captained by Polish Commander Stankiewicz and manned by a mostly British crew, in the English Channel. The entire crew of 41, 3 Polish and 38 British, was killed.

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