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RAF | German |
| Fri.
September 6th |
Fine | Biggin Hill airfield and Brooklands aircraft factory bombed.
Bombing very inaccurate.
Night: Scatterd raids |
23 | 35 |
| Sat.
September 7th |
Fair | London very heavily bombed. Great numbers killed and many fires. Brave
and unwavering defence of the capital by RAF fighters.
Night: Continued savage massive bombing of London |
25 | 37 |
| Sun.
September 8th |
Fair becoming cloudy | Light attacks on Hornchurch, Detling and West Malling airfields. Gravesend
and Sevenoaks bombed.
Night: London attacked by 207 bombers. 412 Londoners killed and 747 seriously injured |
2 | 15 |
| Mon.
September 9th |
Rain and thunder | Purley, Norbiton, Surbiton, Canterbury and Kingston bombed. West Malling
and Tangmere airfields attacked. Brooklands aircraft factory and London
attacked.
Night: London badly hit |
19 | 28 |
| Tues.
September 10th |
Cloud and rain | Tangmere strafed, West Malling bombed.
Night: London, Liverpool, south Wales bombed |
0 | 3 |
| Wed.
September 11th |
Mostly fine | Bombs dropped on London, Hornchurch, Kenley, Biggin Hill, Brooklands,
Eastchurch, Detling and Colerne.
Night: London heavily attacked, Merseyside bombed |
25 | 21 |
| Thur.
September 12th |
Poor | Fairlight radar station bombed.
Night: London, Midlands, NE and SE England lightly attacked |
0 | 4 |
| Fri.
September 13th |
Poor | London bombed
Night: London bombed |
1 | 4 |
| Sat.
September 14th |
Rain, clouds, thunder | London attacked
Night: London, Ipswich, Cardiff, Maidstone attacked |
14 | 14 |
| Sun.
September 15th |
Fair becoming fine | Massive attacks on London by huge formations of German planes. Bombing
not very accurate because of the determined and highly spirited defence
put up by RAF fighters.
This day was chosen as Battle of Britain Day. Night: London badly hit. Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol and Cardiff attacked. |
27 | 56 |
| Mon.
September 16th |
Cloudy, rain | London raided but generally little activity.
Night: Merseyside and Bristol attacked. London heavily bombed |
1 | 9 |
| Tues.
September 17th |
Poor | German fighter sweeps generally foiled by RAF.
Night: London badly hit, raids on Liverpool and Glasgow |
5 | 8 |
| Wed.
September 18th |
Squalls and bright intervals | Thames Estuary bombed
Night: London and Liverpool attacked |
12 | 19 |
| Thur.
September 19th |
Wet | Bombers over London and Thames Estuary.
Night: Central London and Merseyside attacked. |
0 | 8 |
| Fri.
September 20th |
Fair | German fighter sweep over Kent.
Night: London bombed |
7 | 8 |
| Sat.
September 21st |
Fine | Kenley, Biggin Hill and Hornchurch airfields attacked. London bombed.
Brooklands aircraft factory bombed.
Night: London and Liverpool attacked |
0 | 9 |
| Sun.
September 22nd |
Bad becoming good | A few German intrusions into British airspace.
Night: London bombed |
0 | 5 |
| Mon.
September 23rd |
Fine | Fighter sweeps over Kent.
Night: London bombed |
11 | 16 |
| Tues.
September 24th |
Hazy and foggy | Southampton and Tilbury attacked. Adolf Galland scores his 40th victory.
Night: London and Merseyside bombed |
4 | 11 |
| Wed.
September 25th |
Channel hazy, followed by cloud and bright intervals | Plymouth and Bristol attacked. Bristol aircraft factory heavily damaged,
many workers killed.
Night: London, NW England and north Wales bombed. |
4 | 13 |
| Thur.
September 26th |
Fair | Aircraft factory at Southampton destroyed.
Night: London and Merseyside attacked |
9 | 9 |
| Fri.
September 27th |
Fair | Raids on London and Bristol driven back before they reached their targets.
Night: London, Liverpool and Midlands attacked |
28 | 54 |
| Sat.
September 28th |
Fair to fine, Straits cloudy | Raids on London and Portsmouth largely forced back.
Night: London heavily attacked |
16 | 10 |
| Sun.
September 29th |
Mostly fair | Small attacks on convoys and on SE England | 5 | 10 |
| Mon.
September 30th |
Fair | Fighter sweeps over south-east and some enemy planes reached London.
Luftwaffe bombs missed their target of the aircraft factory in Yeovil and
hit small town of Sherbourne instead.
Night: London, Bristol and Liverpool bombed |
16 | 44 |
| Tues.
October 1st |
Cloudy but fair | Germans switch tactics. Bombers kept for night work, daytime sweeps
by groups of 100 plus fighters armed with a 250kg bomb.
London, Portsmouth and Southampton hit lightly by fighter-bombers. Night: London, Manchester and Liverpool bombed. |
4 | 6 |
| Wed.
October 2nd |
Fine | From 9.30am to 1.00pm fighter-bombers continuously attack Biggin Hill
and London from high altitude.
Night: 100 bombers attack London. Others hit airfields in the south, Aberdeen and Manchester |
1 | 17 |
| Thur.
October 3rd |
Rain, poor visibility | Single fighter-bombers and pairs attack airfields in the south and
the de Havilland aircraft factory at Hatfield.
Night: London bombed |
0 | 9 |
| Fri.
October 4th |
Mist and rain | London, Canterbury and other Kent towns attacked by fighter-bombers.
Night: London and Liverpool attacked |
3 | 12 |
| Sat.
October 5th |
Rain with bright periods | Folkstone, Southampton and Detling hit. Fighter-bombers over London.
Night: London and eastern airfields attacked |
9 | 9 |
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