1942 June 17 Convoy PQ-17 leaves Iceland for Murmansk – massive casualties from German onslaught during the trip. July 5 10 out of 27 ships reach Murmansk.
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January 7 - The distress signal[?] "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later ...