Today in World War II History—August 19, 1941
Thursday, August 19, 2021 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Aug. 19, 1941: An RAF bomber, with permission of the Luftwaffe, drops a replacement prosthetic leg at St. Omer, France, for captured RAF pilot Douglas Bader.
Off Ireland, German U-boat U-201 sinks British passenger ship Aguila (153/168 killed, including 21 “Wrens”—Women’s Royal Naval Service—and one British nurse).