Wednesday the 21st of August 1940

Day: Weather restricts attacks to low-level fighter-bomber raids on airfields in the South East, and later in South West and some inland areas, this form of raid becoming known as 'tip-and-run'. There were bomber losses at St.Eval.

Night: Poor weather also limits night operations to East Coast between Harwich and the Firth of Forth.

Losses: Luftwaffe 13: Fighter Command 1

Weather: Cloudy with occasional rain.


R.A.F. Losses for Wednesday the 21st of August 1940
     Squadron
Aircraft
Serial Number
Pilot
No 56 Squadron
 Hurricane I
 P3153
R.E.P.Brooker

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