The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made determined, attacks
on German shipping in Channel. ports. Other bomber squadrons
attacked
Krupps
works and other targets in the Ruhr.
Further attacks made on war materials stored in Black Forest. Aerodromes bombed include those at Colmar, Gilze-Rijen, Wesel, Krefjeld, Brussels, Qnerquevllle, Soesterburg and Eindhoven.
Italian aircraft raided Port Sudan, causing little damage.
Severe and widespread damage caused in heaviest Luftwaffe air attacks yet made on London. They began in the afternoon and continued until dawn.
Luftwaffe raiders came in two waves and spread out, some making
for acrodromes in Surrey, Kent and Essex, others for docks,
others for London. Fiercest fighting raged from East London
down to Thames estuary Fires started and damage done to lighting
and other public services. Two schools badly damaged. Casualties
306 killed, 1,397 seriously injured. Luftwaffe lost 103 machines.
Britain lost twenty-two but pilots of nine safe.
Go To: 8th
September
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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