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.

September 1940

Date

Target

Aircraft
Dispatched

Remarks

Losses

1

31/1

Germany/Holland/Belgium
Holland

77
18

Various, airfields
Airfields , various

1
0

2

1/2

GermanyHolland/Belgium/Italy
Sea sweep

131
4

Various

2
0

3

2/3

Germany
France

84
39

Various,
U-Boat pens

3
0

4

3/4

Germany/ France

90

Oil production, aircraft industry, airfields

2

5

4/5

Germany/ France
Sea sweep

86
6

Industry , French airfields

2
1

6

5/6

Germany/ Italy
Germay

82
5

Airfields, minelaying
Aborted

4
0

7

6/7

Germany/ Occupied Europe
Sea sweep

 68
6

Industry, airfields,

2
0

8

7/8

Germany
Germany/Holland//Belgium

92
30

Forests, Ruhr, Barges
Airfields, ports , sea sweeps

0
3

9

8/9

Germany/Belgium/France
Belgium/Holland

133
7

Barges and ports
Ports

8
1
10

9/10

Germany/ Belgium/France
Sea sweep

76
8

Industry, ports

2
0

11

10/11

Germany/ France
Sea sweep

 106
9

Ports, barges, minelaying

4
0

12

11/12

Germany, Ports

 133
8
14

Barges, Industry
minelaying,
Sea sweeps reconnaisance

3
0
0

13

12/13

Germany/Belgium


40
22

Docks, marshelling yards
Sea sweeps shipping, ports

0
0

14

13/14

Channel ports

92
14

barges
Sea sweeps, shipping

2
0

15

14/15

Belgium/Germany/Holland
North Sea

157
12

Railway yards, Oil depots, barges
sea sweeps . Aborted

2
0

16

15/16

Germany, Channel ports
North Sea

155
21

Port facilities, barges
Barges, Shipping , coastal sweeps

0
0

17

16/17

Channel ports

15

Shipping , barges

0
0

18

17/18

Channel ports , Germany
Belgium

194
6

barges, port facilities , minelaying
Sea sweep

2
0

19

18/19

Germany, Channel ports

 174
18

Port facilities, Railway yards
Sea sweeps, shipping

8
0

20

19/20

Channel Ports, Germany
Coastal sweep , North sea

 53
6

Ports, railway yards minelaying

0
0

21

20/21

Channel Ports, Germany, France
Belgium

 172
18

Port facilities, railway targets, airfields, minelayng
Costal sweeps

1
0

22

21/22

Channel Ports,

92
12

Port facilities,
Sea Sweeps

0
0

23

22/23

Channel Ports, Germany,

 95
12

Port facilities, German industry
Sea sweeps

0
1

24

23/24

Germany
France Belgium , Channel Islands

 129
71+9 OTU
18

Berlin, railways, power stations
Port facilities
Shipping, coastal sweeps

3
0
1

25

24/25

 Channel Ports, Berlin
Holland		 122
3		 Port facilities, railways, power stations
Sea sweeps, shipping

2
0

26

25/26

 Channel Ports, Germany
France, Belgium		 117
12		 Docks, industry
Port facilities

0
1

27

26/27

 Channel Ports, Germany
Channel coast		 77
15
Shipping

2
0

28

27/28

 Channel Ports, Germany
Belgium		 86
13		 Port facilities, U-boat pens, railways
Barges

1
0

29

28/29

 Channel coast, Germany 109
9
Sea sweeps

2
0

30

29/30

 Channel coast, Holland, Germany 88
9		 Various, Aircraft industry
Sea sweeps

2
0

 

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