Notes: The table below chronicles Bomber Command operations for August 1940. Each 24hr period starts with operations mounted from 1800hrs on the previous night. Daylight operations commence at 0600hrs. Thus 29/1 indicates the night of 29 June through to 0559hrs on 1 July.

August 1940

Date

Target

Aircraft
Dispatched

Remarks

Losses

1

31/1

Germany/Holland/France
Holland

42
12

Various, minelaying
Airfields

4
1

2

1/2

Germany
Holland/Belgium/France

43
36

Various, Nickels
Various

0
1

3

2/3

Germany
Occupied Europe

62
16

Various, minelaying
Various

1
1

4

3/4

Germany/ Holland

71

Oil production, aircraft industry, minelaying

3

5

4/5

Germany
Holland/France

11
9

Ruhr
Airfields, shipping

0
0

6

5/6

Germany/Holland
Belgium

85
40

Airfields, minelaying
Airfields, shipping

0
0

7

6/7

Germany/ Holland
Holland

38
29

Industry, airfields, minelaying
Airfields, shipping

1
0

8

7/8

Germany
Holland/France /Belgium

50
15

Ports, minelaying
Airfields, shipping

0
1

9

8/9

Germany
France, Channel Islands

46
15

Various
Coastal installations

1
0

10

9/10

Germany/ Holland
France/Holland

38
22

Various, airfields, Nickels
Airfields

0
2

11

10/11

Germany
France

57
23

Ports, industry, Nickels
Airfields

1
1

12

11/12

Germany
North Sea/Holland

59
6

Various, shipping, minelaying, Nickels
Shipping, airfields

1
0

13

12/13

Germany/Holland/France
France/Holland

79
29

Various, minelaying, airfields, Dortmund-Ems Canal
Airfields

5
12

14

13/14

Germany/Italy/France
Germany

105
30

Various
Airfields, shipping

2
0

15

14/15

France/Germany/Holland
North Sea

92
6

Various, refineries
Shipping

4
0

16

15/16

Germany/France/Holland/Italy
North Sea

87
6

Various,Nickels
Shipping

3
0

17

16/17

Germany/Holland
France

150
9

Various
Shipping

7
0

18

17/18

Germany/Holland/Belguim/France
North Sea

102
6

Airfields, minelaying
Shipping

0
0

19

18/19

Germany/Italy
Holland

24
17

Various
Airfields, shipping

0
1

20

19/20

Germany/France/Holland/Belgium
Coastal sweep

120
9

Various, airfields, minelaying, refineries
Shipping, Ports

3
0

21

Coastal Sweep

26

Various

0

22

21/22

Germany/Holland
France

42
19

Various
Airfields, Shipping

1
0

23

22/23

Germany/France
Germany/Holland

85
25

Various, airfields, minelaying
Airfields, docks, railways, shipping

4
1

24

23/24

Germany/Holland
Coastal Sweeps/Holland

85
15

Minelaying,airfields, refineries
Shipping, Airfields

0
0

25

24/25

Germany/France/ Italy
Germany/Holland

129
24

Various, minelaying
Airfields, coastal sweeps

2
0

26

25/26

Germany/France/Holland
Holland

103
24

Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Hamm, plus airfields
Airfields, coastal sweep

9
1

27

26/27

Germany/Italy
Holland

110
19

Industry
Airfields, coastal sweep

3
0

28

27/28

Germany/Italy/France
France

50
2

Various, minlaying
Airfields, coastal sweep

1
0

29

28/29

Germany/France
 Germany/Holland

79
26

Various, airfields *Berlin included from now onwards*
Airfields, shipping

2
0

30

29/30

Germany/Holland/France/Belgium
Germany/France

81
18

Various, airfields
Airfields/Coastal Sweep

2
0

31

30/31

Germany/France/Holland/Belgium
Germany/Coastal sweep

87
6

Industry, airfields
Aborted

4
0