One major fighter sweep towards London, otherwise reconnaissance only. Night: Raids concentrated on London. Weather: Fair with bright periods, showery. Enemy Action by Day The early morning hours were quiet, with radar screens showing little enemy activity. However, by 10:30 hours, radar stations along the Channel began plotting formations approaching from Calais. At approximately 11:00 […]
1940
21
Sep
Saturday 21 September 1940
Some fighter sweeps in east Kent. Night: London and Merseyside attacked. Weather: Mainly fine. Enemy Action by Day The weather over Britain on 21 September 1940 was mainly fine, with clear skies in the morning. This relative calm marked one of the quietest days of the Battle of Britain to date in terms of daytime […]
22
Sep
Sunday 22 September 1940
Reduced activity. Night: London attacked. Weather: Dull with fog in morning. Cloudy in afternoon, fair to fine late. Some rain. Enemy Action by Day The day began under a blanket of fog across much of southern England, and this, combined with overcast skies and intermittent rain, contributed to significantly reduced Luftwaffe activity. Radar plots indicated […]
23
Sep
Monday 23 September 1940
Fighter sweeps towards London. Night: Attacks on London and Merseyside. Weather: Fine. Enemy Action by Day As fog and early mist began to lift across the Southeast, radar stations from Foreness to Rye detected multiple incoming formations just after 08:40 hours. The initial estimate suggested that more than 200 German aircraft were assembling in tight […]
24
Sep
Tuesday 24 September 1940
Tilbury and Southampton raided. Night: Continued bombing of London and Merseyside. Weather: Early morning fog in northern France. Channel cloudy with haze in the Straits and Thames Estuary. Enemy Action by Day The day began with early morning fog blanketing much of northern France and the Channel, limiting visibility. As the haze began to lift […]
25
Sep
Wednesday 25 September 1940
Bristol and Plymouth bombed. Night: London, North Wales and Lancashire attacked. Weather: Fair to fine in most areas. Cool. Enemy Action by Day Fair to fine weather prevailed across much of southern Britain, with cooler air and generally good flying conditions. Following the indefinite postponement of Unternehmen Seelöwe (Operation Sea Lion), the German High Command […]
26
Sep
Thursday 26 September 1940
Supermarine factory at Southampton attacked and wrecked. Night: Raids on London and Merseyside. Weather: Mainly fair to cloudy. Enemy Action by Day The morning of 26 September 1940 began with fair weather over much of southern England, allowing the Luftwaffe to conduct widespread reconnaissance and minor attacks along the coast. Between dawn and early afternoon, […]
27
Sep
Friday 27 September 1940
Heavy attacks on London and Bristol. Night: Further raids on London, Merseyside and the Midlands. Weather: Fair in the extreme south and south-west. Cloudy in the Channel with light rain over southern England. Enemy Action by Day The 27th of September marked one of the heaviest and most disastrous days of the campaign for the […]
28
Sep
Saturday 28 September 1940
Raids on London and the Solent area. Night: Continued attacks on London. Weather: The Channel, Straits and Thames Estuary cloudy otherwise generally fair to fine. Enemy Action by Day The day opened with generally fair to fine weather across much of Britain, though the Channel, the Straits, and the Thames Estuary were marked by patches […]
29
Sep
Sunday 29 September 1940
Reduced activity in the south-east and East Anglia. Night: Raids on London and Merseyside. Weather: Fine at the start and end of the day, cloudy in-between. Enemy Action by Day The weather remained generally fine, though cloud cover dominated the middle part of the day. Enemy activity was limited in comparison to previous days, with […]