October 1940

Date	Action	Weather	RAF Losses			Luftwaffe Losses
1 October	Luftwaffe tactics change to include increasing Jabo attacks. Portsmouth bombed. Freijagd over S.coast		8	6	11	8
2 October	Jabo attack on Biggin Hill and London	Clear	0	4	8	17
3 October	Heavy night bombing on British cities Daylight raids on Hatfield (de Havilland) and Feltham (aircraft factory)	Overcast and rain	1	0	13	11
4 October	Hythe and Folkstone bombed. RAF spotter flights introduced. London bombed at night	Overcast and rain	5	4	20	16
5 October	SW Britain diversionary attacks. Jabo attack on London. Southampton bombed. West Malling and Detling attacked	Poor weather	15	14	27	24
6 October	Biggin Hill, Northolt and Middle Wallop bombed. 11 Group HQ bombed	Heavy rain	3	0	14	11
7 October	Freijagd Yeovil attacked	Weather improving	17	15	28	23
8 October	11 Group Instruction to counter high altitude raids		10	7	30	23
9 October	Kent fighter airfields attacked. Widespread night raids, especially on London	Poor weather	6	4	26	22
10 October	Widespread nuisance raids		8	5	20	9
11 October	Jabo attacks on Ashford, Folkstone, Canterbury. Biggin Hill and Kenley attacked. London and Liverpool bombed HM Yacht Aisha mined		13	10	17	11
12 October	Jabo raids over Kent and London HM Trawler Resolvo mined.	Very poor weather	16	11	8	7
13 October	Jabo raids on London	Fog	7	7	12	8
14 October	Reduction of medium bombers on daylight raids. Increased jabo raids. Luftwaffe close to air superiority in south. HM Trawler Lord Stamp mined North Weald bombed. Attacks on London and the Midlands increase. Heavy night attack on London.		2	1	10	6
15 October	Daylight jabo attack on London with heavy night bombing raid. All rail lines cut		24	17	27	21
16 October	Birmingham attacked at dawn. Kent, London bombed at night.Ternhill bombed. Minesweeper HMS Dundalk mined MTB No 16 mined	.	7	2	21	16
17 October	London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Kenley bombed at night HM Mooring Vessel Steady mined	.	10	6	25	17
18 October	Negligible Raids HM Trawler Kingston Cairngorm mined	Fog	9	0	24	20
19 October	Small fighter sweep Destroyer HMS Venetia and HM Trawler Velia mined	.	2	0	9	4
20 October	London and Coventry bombed at night		6	6	21	17
21 October	Old Sarum attacked HM Trawler Waveflower mined	Fog except the West Country	3	0	14	10
22 October	Convoy attacked off Kent HM Trawlers Hickory and Joseph Button mined	Fog	6	5	18	15
23 October	Heavy raids on London and Glasgow		3	2	7	5
24 October	Negligible Raids by Jabo's and Intruders		3	0	16	8
25 October	Italians bomb Harwich. Fighter vs Fighter over Kent Montrose bombed HM Trawler Lord Inchcape mined HM Drifter Duthies sunk		17	10	38	33
26 October	Liner Empress of Britain attacked and sunk by Luftwaffe and U-Boat		11	6	23	19
27 October	Day and night attacks on Coltishall, Feltwell, Driffield, Kirton-on-Lindsay, Martlesham, Leconfield and Hawkinge		12	9	30	22
28 October	Convoy attacked Jabo attacks on Kent and London HM Drifter Harvest Gleaner sunk		1	0	21	15
29 October	Jabo attack on London. Portsmouth and North Weald bombed Italians bomb Ramsgate		18	8	31	20
30 October	London attacked in daylight. No night raid		11	11	17	15
31 October	Very quiet. Scattered bombs in E.Anglia and Scotland. MTB No 16 mined		2	0	4	3
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