Heavy damage to Fighter Command airfields following four major attacks. Night: Liverpool attacked again. Smaller raids in the Midlands and South Wales. Weather: Fair with cloudy patches during the morning, clearing during the afternoon. Enemy Action by Day The Luftwaffe resumed its concerted offensive against Fighter Command’s airfields, continuing what had already become a brutal […]
1940
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Sep
02
Sep
Monday 2 September 1940
Once again four main phases of airfield attacks. Night: Scattered raids on Liverpool, the Midlands and South Wales. Weather: Continuing fine and warm. Early-morning mist and fog patches. Enemy Action by Day At 0750 and 0752 hours, two waves of bombers – forty and thirty Do 17s of KG 3 – crossed the English coast […]
03
Sep
Tuesday 3 September 1940
Further heavy airfield attacks. Night: Liverpool bombed once again. Harassing raids on South Wales and the south-west coast. Weather: Fine and warm. Some cloud and drizzle in the north, haze in the Channel and Straits. Enemy Action by Day Shortly after dawn, the Luftwaffe began assembling forces over Calais. By 0830 hours, a solitary high-flying […]
04
Sep
Wednesday 4 September 1940
Two major attacks on airfields. Serious damage to the Vickers Works at Brooklands. Night: Further raid on Liverpool. Weather: Fine and warm with haze in the Channel and Straits. Occasional rain and strong winds in the north. Enemy Action by Day The Luftwaffe launched two concentrated assaults in the East Kent and Thames Estuary areas, […]
05
Sep
Thursday 5 September 1940
Airfield attacks in two phases. Park (CinC No 11 Group) orders special cover for fighter factories. Night: Continuous activity over southern England. Weather: Continuing fine and warm with cloud developing later. Enemy Action by Day Luftwaffe operations on 5 September followed a now-familiar pattern, but with renewed determination to break Fighter Command’s spine through airfield […]
05
Sep
06
Sep
Friday 6 September 1940
Three main attacks, largely broken up. Night: Harassing raids. Weather: Fine, but cooler. Haze in the Straits and Thames Estuary. Enemy Action by Day The Luftwaffe launched three major raids over southern England on 6 September 1940, supported by reconnaissance and harassment operations across the country. Though the raids were large in scale, many were […]
07
Sep
Saturday 7 September 1940
Day bombing switched to London with a heavy attack on the capital. Night: Raids on London continue from dusk till dawn. Main objectives are the East End and Docks. Weather: Fair with some haze. Enemy Action by Day The morning of Saturday, 7 September, began with an eerie calm. Radar stations reported no incoming formations, […]
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Sep
Sunday 8 September 1940
Slight activity. Some small attacks on airfields. Night: Heavy raid on London, mainly in the east. Weather: Fair early morning and evening, cloudy for the remainder of the day. Enemy Action by Day At dawn, London was still reeling from nearly twelve hours of continuous bombing. Fires from the docks and warehouses lit the skyline, […]
09
Sep
Monday 9 September 1940
Unsuccessful attacks on London, Thames Estuary and aircraft factories. Night: Main target is London, including the City and West End. Weather: Scattered showers, thundery in the east. Channel fair. Enemy Action by Day The early part of the day passed with little enemy activity. Aside from a lone Luftwaffe attack on a British trawler 25 […]