During the night heavy and light forces of Royal Navy bombarded
Cherbourg where concentration of enemy shipping had been detected
by the British Royal Air Force (RAF).
The British Admiralty announced that the trawler HMS Kingston
Sapphire had been lost by U-boat action.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) Bombers launched heavy attack
on gun positions across Straits of Dover and on Calais. Raids
by Coastal Command aircraft ranged from Den Heldcr on Dutch
coast down Channel to Boulogne, Le Havre and Brest, where
German destroyers were again bombed. The British Royal Air
Force (RAF) blew up oil storage tanks at Hamburg and started
fires at Hanover, Cologne and several other places. Attacks
were made on warships at Wilhelmshaven,
Krupps
shipyards at Kiel, Fokker works at Amsterdam, and many other
military targets.
The war against Italy, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) Raided important
military objectives at Benghazi, Libya, Fires were started
and three ships in harbour received direct hits. Tobruk was
also raided, as was Assab, Eritrea.
Luftwaffe aircraft made several attacks on coastal towns in
Kent, Sussex and Thames estuary. Few bombs fell in one part
of London. Hospital at Dover hit. Air battle over Maidstone.
Bombers were twice over Liverpool and district. East. During
night bombs fell in 36 districts in London area and outskirts.
Several houses demolished and others damaged in Thames estuary
town. Bombs fell in Merseyside, Wales, West England and Midlands,
Five Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed. Britain also lost five,
but pilots of two safe.
German long-range guns shelled Dover area at dusk. British
guns replied.
R57
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The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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