Day: A 50 per cent increase in daylight sorties by Luftwaffe.
Airfields in the South East again the main objective, Biggin Hill was hit
again with Detling and Hornchurch hit badly and a bomb dump at Eastchurch
was detonated. Around 250 aircraft took part in the raid.
Night: Night raids again mainly over Liverpool, other raids over South West England, East Anglia, the Midlands and some mine laying was carried out. Losses: Luftwaffe 35: Fighter Command 17. Weather: Anti cyclonic weather settles in fine and warm with early mist and haze. |
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