| Day: A quiet day except for a few south coast shipping
attacks and some coastal reconnaissance. The first use during the Battle
of Gloster Sea Gladiators, from
No
804 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm at Wick.
Göring issues directive to seal off by mines, and attack, the ports of Dover, Plymouth, Portland and Portsmouth. First 'kill' by an aircraft using airborne interception radar, when a Do 17-Z is shot down off Brighton by a Blenheim of the Fighter Interception Unit at Tangmere on the night of the 22/23 of July 1940. Night: Minelaying down the east coast. Minelaying by night along whole of east coast. Losses: Luftwaffe 3: Fighter Command 0. Weather: Generally fair with cloud over the Channel and showers along the East Coast. |
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