23 May 1940
France
France
- French Bourrasque-class destroyer Orage, commanded by Lieutenant Commander R. V. M. Viennot de Vanblanc, was sunk on off Boulogne, France by German aircraft. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Picardie | HM]
18 Jul 1940
France
France
- 18 British Blenheim bombers, escorted by 24 fighters, attacked German barges at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France at 1900 hours. ww2dbase [Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | CPC]
21 Jun 1941
France
France
- Douglas Bader shot down a German Bf 109E aircraft off Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France. ww2dbase [Douglas Bader | Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | CPC]
22 Apr 1942
France
France
- Canadian and British troops raided the beaches near Boulogne, France in Operation Abercrombie, which failed to capture any German prisoners for interrogation and failed to destroy searchlight equipment. ww2dbase [Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | CPC]
3 Jun 1944
France
France
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against shore batteries at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | RAF Thurleigh | Boulogne-sur-Mer | DS]
4 Jun 1944
France
France
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against shore batteries at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | RAF Thurleigh | Boulogne-sur-Mer | DS]
12 Oct 1944
France
France
- The docks at Boulogne, France were reopened, thus helping the Allied supply crisis to the armies north of the Seine River, which up to now had been reliant on Dieppe and Ostend whose combined capacity was only about 10,000 tons daily. ww2dbase [Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas de Calais | AC]
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