September 1940
Date |
Action |
Weather |
RAF |
Luftwaffe |
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1 September |
Fighter Command
regroups |
20 |
19 |
17 |
13 |
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2 September |
Night bombing from
Exeter to Glasgow. |
|
29 |
27 |
48 |
42 |
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3 September |
Birmingham, Castle
Bromwich, Liverpool, Cardiff and Manchester bombed at night |
24 |
19 |
31 |
18 |
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4 September |
Liverpool bombed
overnight. |
|
23 |
18 |
35 |
28 |
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5 September |
Widespread bombing raids. Thameshaven bombed. |
|
26 |
25 |
45 |
33 |
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6 September |
A,B and C squadrons
categorised. |
|
26 |
25 |
53 |
44 |
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7 September |
Göring visits
Pas de Calais. |
|
42 |
39 |
63 |
54 |
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8 September |
43 and 111 squadron
withdrawn |
|
5 |
4 |
24 |
17 |
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9 September |
Daylight raids
on S. London, Southampton and Surrey. |
25 |
24 |
44 |
37 |
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10 September |
Daylight raids
on Norwich, Portsmouth, Southampton, Littlehampton,Bognor, Farnborough
and Great Yarmouth |
Dull and Overcast |
4 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
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11 September |
Daylight fighter
attacks on London. |
43 |
43 |
47 |
40 |
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12 September |
Bomber command
attacks railyards |
Rain |
2 |
2 |
13 |
7 |
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13 September |
Greater co-ordination
of Bomber Command attacks. German anti-aircraft defences revised. Six
Staffeln withdrawn. |
|
3 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
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14 September |
Daylight attacks
on London, Brighton and Eastbourne. |
Weather worsens |
19 |
18 |
20 |
17 |
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15 September |
Issue of Fighter
Command instruction No18. Spitfires take top cover, Hurricanes to remain
at medium altitude. |
|
35 |
34 |
80 |
79 |
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16 September |
Fighter vs fighter
clashes |
. |
4 |
2 |
18 |
13 |
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17 September |
Luftwaffe freijagd
at high altitude. |
.Poor weather |
13 |
9 |
17 |
12 |
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18 September |
Night attacks on
London, Bristol. Liverpool and Southampton |
20 |
15 |
27 |
24 |
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19 September |
Sea Lion postponed
indefinitely |
.Heavy rain |
1 |
0 |
20 |
18 |
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20 September |
Medway towns bombed. London bombed at night |
10 |
9 |
13 |
13 |
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21 September |
Freijagd |
2 |
1 |
14 |
10 |
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22 September |
Night bombing on
London and Liverpool |
2 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
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23 September |
Night bombing on
London, Liverpool and Merseyside. |
13 |
10 |
22 |
18 |
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24 September |
Woolston Factory
(Southampton) and London bombed |
15 |
9 |
23 |
21 |
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25 September |
RAF reconnaissance
indicates 40% of barges gone |
6 |
3 |
22 |
19 |
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26 September |
Woolston and Filton factories bombed |
9 |
9 |
17 |
12 |
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27 September |
Raids on 10
and
11 Group airfields. |
41 |
41 |
67 |
63 |
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28 September |
Fighter vs fighter
battles. |
22 |
20 |
13 |
11 |
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29 September |
Little activity. Merseyside bombed |
8 |
5 |
18 |
15 |
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30 September |
London and Sherbourne
bombed |
36 |
32 |
59 |
57 |
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