16 Feb 1940

Norway
  • German freighter Altmark, former supply ship for pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, was found by Hudson aircraft of No.233 Squadron RAF in Jøssingfjord, Norway. HMS Cossack captured Altmark and rescued 299 British prisoners of war aboard. ww2dbase [Altmark Incident | Altmark | Sokndal | TH]



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