Convoys off shipping at Dover attacked. Night: Widespread minelaying from the Needles, Isle of Wight, to Land’s End; Bristol Channel and eastern coastal waters. Weather: Occasional thunderstorms. Straits of Dover cloudy clearing to bright intervals. Main Activity: Around 1300 hours, nine Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers from III/StG 2, escorted by seventeen Bf 109s from I/JG […]
1940
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Sunday 21 July 1940
Raids on convoys in Channel and Straits of Dover. Night: Targets chiefly at Merseyside. Weather: Fine and fair early, clouding over during the morning. Fair in the evening. Main Activity: At 1005 hours, a section of Hurricanes from No. 238 Squadron intercepted and shot down a reconnaissance Bf 110 from 4.(F)/14, which had penetrated inland […]
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Monday 22 July 1940
Shipping off the south coast attacked. Night: Minelaying the whole length of the eastern seaboard. Weather: Straits fair; Channel cloudy. Light westerly winds in both. Bright intervals between showers in the east. Main Activity: At about 0730 hours, three Hurricanes of No. 145 Squadron intercepted and shot down a Do 17P of 4.(F)/121 into the […]
22
Jul
Air Drama Off The Coast
Newsreel footage “Air Drama Off The Coast”, 22 July 1940. Source: British Pathé
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Tuesday 23 July 1940
East coast shipping raided. Night: Minelaying from Dover to the Tyne and Forth Estuary. Weather: Slight haze in the Straits of Dover. Cloudy with occasional rain in other districts. Main Activity: At 1540 hours, three Spitfires of No. 603 Squadron intercepted and shot down a Do 17 of 3./KG 3 in a raid near Kinnaird’s […]
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Wednesday 24 July 1940
Convoys and shipping in the Channel attacked Night: Nil. Weather: Channel and Straits of Dover cloudy. Coastal and hill fog in western districts spreading east. Rain in most districts. Main Activity: At 0815 hours, six Spitfires of No. 54 Squadron were scrambled to intercept a formation of Do 17s from II/KG 2 attempting to bomb […]
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Thursday 25 July 1940
Convoys and shipping in the Channel raided Night: Minelaying in the Firth of Forth and Thames Estuary. Reconnaissance over Bristol and Channel area. Weather: Fine day with haze in the Straits of Dover. Winds north-westerly and light. Main Activity: At 1207 hours, a large formation of Bf 109s from III/JG 52 approached Dover at sea […]
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Jul
Running The Gauntlet
Newsreel footage “Running The Gauntlet”, 25 July 1940. Source: British Pathé
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Friday 26 July 1940
Shipping off the south coast attacked. Night: Minelaying in Thames Estuary and off the Norfolk coast. Bristol area. Weather: Heavy cloud with rain and poor visibility. Main Activity: At about 0945 hours, six Hurricanes of No. 601 Squadron intercepted a formation of Bf 109s from III/JG 27 off the Isle of Wight. One Hurricane was […]
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Saturday 27 July 1940
Raids on shipping and naval units in Dover harbour and Straits. Night: Attacks on south-west England. Weather: Fair Straits, cloudy in Channel. Slight rain in the midlands and the North Sea. Main Activity: Shortly before 0800 hours, thirty Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers of I/StG 77, escorted by Bf 109s of JG 27, were despatched to […]