British liner Empress of Britain was set on fire by Luftwaffe
Focke-Wulf
Fw 200 Condor
long-range bomber, commanded by Oberleutnant Bernhard Jope.
Bernhard Jope bomber strafed the Empress three times and hit
her twice with 250 kg bombs. She was torpedoed on
28
October 1940 by the Kriegsmarine U-boat
U-32
and sank, following explosion, while on tow.
Coastal Command Beaufort aircraft carried out torpedo attack
on shipping off Norwegian coast. One supply ship sunk.
Despite unfavourable weather the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
heavily bombed many targets in Berlin, oil plants at Stettin,
Leuna and Cologne, docks at Hamburg, Cuxhaven and Bremen,
railway communications, 14 aerodrome and ports of Flushing
and Antwerp.
Coastal Command aircraft successfully attacked power station
at Brest.
Luftwaffe day raiders over London dropped bombs among crowds
in shopping centre, causing many casualties. southeast coastal
town bombed and machine-gunned. Castle in south England damaged.
Wide area attacked during the night, but main force directed
on London and Midlands.
Luftwaffe lost six aircraft, Britain two.
Vichy announced that Marshal Petain and Adolf
Hitler had agreed on principle of collaboration.
Free French Forces issued statement repudiating Adolf
Hitler's proposals.
Italian press alleged incidents on Greek-Albanian frontier.
M23
Minesweeper
Commissioned 36 October 1940
Z24
Destroyer
Commissioned 26 October 1940
Go To: 27th
October
Articles:
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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