Very little activity.
Weather: Fog in France, the Straits and south-east England.
Note: On this day, Hitler issued Directive No. 16 ordering the preparation of an invasion plan to ‘eliminate the English motherland as a base from which war against Germany can be continued and, if this should become unavoidable, to occupy it to the full extent’.
Main Activity:
Around 1700 hours, Ju 88 bombers of 6./KG 54 attacked Lee-on-Solent and destroyed a Royal Navy DH86 on the ground. Six Hurricanes from No. 601 Squadron intercepted and shot down one of the bombers off St. Catherine’s Point.
German Losses
Airmen: 4 | Aircraft: 4
British Losses
Airmen: 1 | Aircraft: 1
Hurricane P2995, No. 249 Squadron. Aircraft destroyed.
Sgt A.D.W. Main killed. Engine cut out during take off from base airfield.
http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/MainADW.htm
Photo Descriptions:
- Rearming a No. 601 Squadron Hawker Hurricane at RAF Tangmere, 1940.
- A formation of Junkers Ju 88A-1 bombers.