Diary August 28, 1940

War Diary, 08-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Me 109 Es of IIIrd Group of Jagdgeschwader 26 pictured in camouflaged revetments at their forward base at Caffiers near Calais.

Diary for Wednesday, August 28, 1940:

Air War

Battle of Britain (Day 50): German bombers raid Eastchurch and Rochford airfields and Me 109Es carry out sweeps over southeast England. A second Defiant squadron (see July 19, 1940) is virtually destroyed by Me 109s.
First attempt to carry out major night raid on a British city – Liverpool – completely misfires: 160 bombers, inc. 4-engined Focke-Wulf Condors, scatter their bombs far and wide. Similar attempts on August 29-30 and August 30-31 also fail.
RAF night raid on Berlin: 10 killed, 28 injured.

Sea War

Atlantic: Armed merchant cruiser Dunvegan Castle (15,000 t) sunk by U-boat U-46 west of Ireland.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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