August 1940

Date	Action	Weather	RAF Losses			Luftwaffe Losses
1 August	Norwich bombed Convoy attacked off Norfolk		3	1	24	15
2 August	Luftwaffe minelaying Convoys attacked Leith and Harwich bombed HM Trawler Cape Finisterre sunk Adlerangriffe set for 10 August		0	0	14	8
3 August	Targets in Kent attacked		0	0	8	3
4 August	Little Action HM Trawlers Drummer, Marsona and Oswaldian lost to mines	Fog	4	0	15	3
5 August	Convoy attacked off Dover HM Trawler River Clyde mined		4	2	12	3
6 August	Little activity		5	0	13	2
7 August	Nuisance raids Bomber Command mounts raid on Haamstede 4./JG 5 withdrawn for two weeks		6	0	11	5
8 August	Convoy C.W.9 (PEEWIT) attacked constantly		21	17	46	43
9 August	Scattered raids North east ports attacked		5	1	8	7
10 August	West Malling bombed Norwich bombed Bomber Command operations in Belgium and Holland		1	0	7	0
11 August	Dover raided by Bf109s Portland Naval Base and Weymouth bombed Convoy BOOTY attacked off Harwich Adlerangriffe postponed to 13 August	Fine weather	38	36	51	48
12 August	Freijagd over Kent Chain Home installations attacked at Dover, Rye, Pevensey and Dunkirk Lympne and Hawkinge bombed Convoys AGENT and ARENA attacked Portsmouth badly bombed CH Ventnor disabled Manston attacked disabled 2 hrs Kent towns bombed Convoy attacked in Thames Estuary HM Trawlers Pyrope and Tamarisk sunk	Fine weather	31	26	48	40
13 August	Adlertag.-postponed to p.m. Isle of Sheppy and Sheerness bombed Eastchurch bombed Freijagd over Kent Portland, Andover and Southampton bombed Middle Wallop (village) bombed Ramsgate, Ashford, Lympne and Detling bombed. Scattered south coast bombing HM Trawler Elizabeth Angela sunk	Poor weather a.m	20	19	74	68
14 August	Castle Bromwich bombed Befast (Shorts) bombed Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Liverpool, Sheffield, Southampton, Dover, Norwich, Aberdeen, Edinburgh bombed. Goodwin Lightship sunk Manston, Colerne, Sealand and Middle Wallop bombed		11	8	27	20
15 August	Black Thursday. Lympne, Hawkinge, Driffield, Rochester, Martlesham, Eastchurch, West Malling, Middle Wallop, Croydon*, Odiham and Manston bombed. Dover, Rye, Maidstone and Rochester bombed. (Stirling production disrupted) Foreness CHL, Worthy Down, and Portland bombed Freijagd over south coast. Luftflotte 5 never again fully committed. *Bombing of Croydon( London) initiates retaliatory raid on Berlin.	Poor weather	42	1	90	83
16 August	Airfields at Gravesend, Hornchurch, Harwell, Manston, Brize Norton, Gosport, Lee on Solent and West Malling bombed (out of action for 4 days). Tangmere hit badly. Ventnor out of action for 7 days Wimbledon, Gosport, Tilbury docks, Esher and RAF factory at Farnborough bombed Freijagd along south coast	Poow weather p.m	40	31	61	58
17 August	OTUs cannot replace Fighter Command's losses. Volunteers sought from Bomber Command. Minor night raids over Midlands	Fine weather	2	0	2	1
18 August	Biggin Hill, Ford, Gosport, Manston, Brize Norton, Thorney Is. and Croydon bombed. Kenley badly hit Poling CHL damaged. Scattered bombs in Kent and Surrey. Mining in Bristol Channel	Poor weather a.m	50	41	96	91
19 August	Göring demands increased and closer escorts.  Southampton, Pembroke Dock, Bristol, Gloucester and Bilbury bombed. 11 Group Instruction No4 issued Ju87 withdrawn from front line.	Overcast	8	4	13	8
20 August	Five Bomber Command airfields bombed overnight. Martlesham Heath bombed Liverpool, Sheffield Nottingham, Hull Leicester Derby and Pembroke bombed Churchill's speech "Never in the field of human conflict..." given in House. HM Trawler Resparko sunk	Weather worsening	3	2	14	8
21 August	Wide ranging raids. Horsham and St Eval bombed Newquay and Penzance bombed Net layer HMS Kylemore sunk	Poor weather	13	6	18	14
22 August	ASR organisation promulgated Manston bombed Convoy TOPAZ attacked 11 counties bombed	Cloud and rain	7	6	9	4
23 August	Thorney Is., Manston and Tangmere bombed. Maidstone, Colchester, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Pembroke Dock,Cromer, Harwich and outer London bombed. Birmingham (Fort Dunlop) bombed.	Poor weather	6	1	12	6
24 August	More Bf109s move to Pas de Calais from Luftflotte 3 Freijagd over south coast Dover and Portsmouth bombed Hornchurch and North Weald bombed. Manston hit badly. Ramsgate, Ryde and Dover bombed. 12 Group called on to cover 11 Group, a Failure. East London and Thameshaven repeatedly bombed.	Fine weather	32	31	47	40
25 August	Freijagd in afternoon. Dover, Portland, Weymouth and Warmwell bombed. Widespread attacks on Kent. 32 Sqn withdrawn Attack on Berlin sanctioned	Fine weather	20	19	33	29
26 August	Kenley and Debden bombed. Hornchurch, Manston, Lympne and Hawkinge at reduced strength. Portsmouth, Plymouth, Bournmouth, Coventry,Rochester Maidstone, Ashford Canterbury, Birmingham and Dungeness bombed. 12 Group called in- No result Luftflotte 3 switches to night attacks on Midlands. Bomber Command attacks Berlin 25/26		32	31	50	43
27 August	Little activity Big Wing argument voiced	Drizzle and overcast	4	1	18	12
28 August	Most Luftflotte 3 Bf109s now moved to Luftflotte 2 Eastchurch and Rochford bombed Defiants withdrawn from daylight operations. Bf109s now escort Bf110s		22	21	42	32
29 August	Night attacks on Midlands increase. Birmingham, Preston, Bristol, Bournmouth, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester,Coventry, Liverpool and Merseyside bombed		9	9	31	22
30 August	Birmingham, Colchester, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton, Bristol, Cardiff, Liverpool and Birkenhead bombed at night. CH and CHL stations at Beachy Head, Dover, Fairlight, Foreness, Pevensey, Rye and Whitstable are non-operational. Luton, Oxford, Slough, North Weald, Kenleyand Biggin Hill bombed.	Fine and Clear	22	22	35	28
31 August	Only 20% of Bf109s remain in Luftflotte 3. Dover attacked By "Jabo" Bf109s. North Weald, Debden, Eastchurch, Croydon, Biggin Hill, Hornchurch, Detling and Duxford bombed. Kent CHL stations attacked Liverpool bombed at night		37	37	60	52
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