August 30th, 1941 (SATURDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Sloop HMS Cygnet laid down. Sloop HMS Ibis commissioned.
GERMANY:
U-305 laid down.
U-253 launched.
U-136,
U-213 and
U-435 commissioned.
U.S.S.R.: German forces take Mga, cutting the last railroad link between Leningrad and the rest of the USSR.
SERBIA: General Milan Nedic is made head of a Nazi puppet government.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES:
MacArthur ">
MacArthur
advises Marshall that the Philippines would be defensible by April, 1942, but
admits that the Philippine Army is currently not adequately trained, especially
at battalion level and above.
AUSTRALIA: Minesweeper
HMAS
Ballarat commissioned.
CANADA: Minesweeper
HMCS Quinte commissioned.
Corvette HMCS Sorel arrived Halifax from
builder Sorel Province of Quebec.
U.S.A.: The motion picture "Dive Bomber" is released today. Directed by Michael Curtiz and written by Lieutenant Commander Frank "Spig" Wead USN (Retired), this Technicolor drama of Navy pilots stars Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Alexis Smith, Regis Toomey and Craig Stevens: Gig Young appears in uncredited roles. The plot has Flynn and Bellamy appearing as Flight Surgeons attempting to solve the problem of blackouts at high altitudes but the real stars are the 1941 Navy colourful aircraft. The film is photographed at Eglin Field, Florida, North Field at NAS San Diego and Naval Station San Diego, California and in the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Saratoga (CV-3). The film is nominated for one Academy Award.