Today in World War II History—February 10, 1941
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 by Sarah Sundin

RAF Short Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, Apr 1942 (Imperial War Museum: TR 35)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 10, 1941: RAF Short Stirling heavy bombers are first used in combat, in a raid on Nazi-occupied Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
First British airborne mission: paratroops drop into Calabria, Italy, where they will destroy the Tragino Aqueduct.