http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/oct40/f29oct40.htm
First American draftees selected
Tuesday, October 29, 1940 www.onwar.com
In the United States... The first draftees are selected by lottery from the Selective Service registrations. In New York, the first person chosen is Yuen Chong Chan.
In Britain... French General Legentilhomme arrives in London to joins the Free French forces.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/29.htm
October 29th, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: Battle of Britain:
RAF Fighter Command: Portsmouth, Ramsgate and North Weald are bombed. Tactical foresight leads to the shooting down of 11 high-flying Me-109s in 6 minutes.
The Italians reappear briefly by day with 15 BR.20 bombers escorted by 39 CR.42 and 34 G.50bis fighters attacking Ramsgate. The CR42 biplanes causing more puzzlement than anxiety. Extra.
Losses: Luftwaffe (RA), 19; RAF, 7.
Wales: A new type of German mine, set off by the noise of a ship is discovered near Porthcawl. Two Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve officers, Lieutenant Baker and Sub-Lieutenant Cummins, succeeded in recovering safely a German acoustic mine from the River Ogmore near Porthcawl, allowing its mechanism to be studied at HMS Vernon and counter-measures developed. (Dave Shirlaw)
GREECE: The British occupy Crete, a key position in the Mediterranean within bomber range of the Romanian oilfields.
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: The Royal Navy attacks the Dodecanese island of Stampalia.
CHINA: Nanning: Japan’s strategy for seizing control of southern China suffered a major setback today as its troops were forced to withdraw south into Indochina after losing Nanning, the capital of Kwangsi, China’s southern border province. The loss of Nanning, a key city on the Hanoi-Peking line, counterbalances Japan’s recent gain in being allowed to station troops in French Indochina. During seven months of bitter fighting for Nanning both sides suffered heavy losses.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: This weeks toll of shipping losses is 88,000 tons, the worst week since the war began and eight times greater than the average weekly loss in the spring.
U-31 sank SS Matina. (Dave Shirlaw)
Thought you might find this article interesting on Yeun Chong Chan. I wonder what happened to him.