The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed
Gotha
airframe factory and other targets in North West Germany,
Holland and France. Raids made on 17 aerodromes and sea-plane
base at Borkum, Harbour at Helder, bombed by the British Royal
Air Force (RAF) and Fleet Air Arm.
Sixty-two Luftwaffe machines destroyed in course of large-scale
raids on South Coast. Attacks began over Kent coast and extended
later to Isle of White and Portsmouth. Thirteen British fighters
missing.
Minor damage done to outskirts of HM dockyard. Number of buildings,
including . railway station, hit in Portsmouth. Church and
houses damaged in Isle of Wight. Extensive night raids by
Luftwaffe bombers over England and Wales.
Go To: 13th
August
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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