4 Dec 1940
- F4F-3 Wildcat fighters entered service with the US Navy; VF-41 received the first of these aircraft. ww2dbase [F4F Wildcat | CPC]
- Greek forces captured PĂ«rmet (capturing 500 Italians), Pogradec, and Sarande in Albania. ww2dbase [Balkans Campaign | TH]
- German submarine U-37 sank Swedish ship Daphne 15 miles southwest of Cabo Espichel, Portugal at 0457 hours; 18 were killed, 1 survived. ww2dbase [CPC]
- 62 German bombers dropped 77 tons of high explosive bombs and 184 incendiary bombs on Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | CPC]
- Seeadler completed laying mines in the English Channel near Dover, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Seeadler | English Channel | CPC]
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