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. Enemy Action by Day Following several days of poor weather, conditions began to improve over southern England and the English Channel on 27 July […]
1940
27
Jul
27
Jul
Kenley Fighter Station
Footage of No. 64 Squadron Spitfires and No. 615 (County of Surrey) Squadron Hurricanes operating from RAF Kenley, 1940. Source: British Pathé
28
Jul
Sunday 28 July 1940
Shipping attacked off Dover and south coast ports. Night: Minelaying from Thames Estuary to Humber. Scattered raiders over England and Wales. Weather: Fine early. Fair for the rest of the day, clouding over in the evening. Enemy Action by Day The day began fine and remained generally fair across southern England, though conditions deteriorated slightly […]
29
Jul
Monday 29 July 1940
Convoy off Dover raided. Night: Activity on a reduced scale over land. Weather: Fair all over Britain. Thames Estuary and Dover hazy. Enemy Action by Day Weather conditions were generally fair across Britain, with haze affecting visibility in the Thames Estuary and Dover. These ideal flying conditions allowed the Luftwaffe to resume large-scale operations after […]
29
Jul
Nazi Bombers Beaten Off
Newsreel footage “Nazi Bombers Beaten Off”, 29 July 1940. Source: British Pathé
30
Jul
Tuesday 30 July 1940
Raids on convoys off Orfordness, Clacton and Harwich. Night: South Wales and midlands. Weather: Unsettled, with drizzle and low cloud. Enemy Action by Day Tuesday, 30 July 1940, was marked by unsettled conditions, with low cloud and persistent drizzle limiting large-scale aerial activity. Despite the poor weather, several sharp encounters occurred over coastal and inland […]
31
Jul
Wednesday 31 July 1940
Widespread attacks on shipping in south, south-east and south-west coastal waters. Dover balloon barrage. Night: South Wales and Thames raided. Weather: Fair all over the country with temperatures slightly above average. Channel and Straits hazy. Enemy Action by Day Wednesday, 31 July 1940, brought fair weather across the United Kingdom, with temperatures slightly above average […]
01
Aug
Thursday 1 August 1940
East and south coast shipping attacked. Night: South Wales and midlands targets. Minelaying in Thames Estuary and north-east coast Scottish coast. Weather: Fair in most districts with Straits and Channel overcast. Low cloud dispersing during the day. Warmer. The day opened under largely fair skies across much of Britain, though the Channel and Straits remained […]
02
Aug
Friday 2 August 1940
Shipping attacked in Channel and east coast. Night: South Wales and the Midlands. Weather: Mainly fine in the north but cloudy in the east. Channel cloudy. Drizzle in Dover Straits. Enemy Action by Day The day began with mixed meteorological conditions across the British Isles. While the north experienced largely fine weather, the eastern counties […]
03
Aug
Saturday 3 August 1940
Mainly shipping reconnaissance in Channel. Night: South Wales, with some raids continuing to Liverpool, Crewe and Bradford areas. Weather: Mainly dull with bright patches. Cloud base 4,000ft. Visibility two to five miles. On this day, the Luftwaffe General Staff formalised its operational plan for the aerial destruction of RAF Fighter Command, known as Adlerangriff (Eagle […]