Today in WW II: 4 Jul 1942 German bombers and submarines sink 24 ships of Convoy PQ 17 to the Soviet Union after the convoy spread out in the Arctic Ocean to evade the German battleship Tirpitz.  More ↓
4 Jul 1942 US Eighth Air Force flies its first mission in Europe using six borrowed British planes; only three aircraft returned.
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Plymouth P11 Staff Car

The Plymouth P11 was a five passenger 4x2 sedan with rear "suicide doors." It was powered by Plymouth's 201 cu. in. 87 hp. 6 cyl. gas engine mated to a three speed manual transmission. The P-11 was one of the more common staff car sedans, widely used during WW II for light duties by the U.S. Army and Navy, in the U.S. and overseas.

1940 photo of Plymouth P11 Staff Car
1940 photo of Plymouth P11 Staff Car.