The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made daylight raids on aerodromes
of Ypenburg and Schiphol. Coastal Comrriand aircraft bombed
submarine and
E-boat
base at Lorient, on west coast of France.
During night The British Royal Air Force (RAF) raided Munich,
for first time, attacking aero engine works. Other targets
included Emden docks oil plants at Nordenham, Hanover and
Ludwigshafen munition works at Bitterfeki and Leipzig, engine
works at Stuttgart, railway sidings at Soest and Mannheim,
power station at Kassel.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) again crossed Alps and bombed
Fiat works at Turin and at Lingotto, Other targets were railway
bridge over River Po, and Marrelli works near Milan. Assab,
Italiano port on the Red Sea, heavily bombed by The British
Royal Air Force (RAF).
Further raids by large Luftwaffe formations on Southeast coast.
Some bombers reached Croydon, but most were turned back by
fighters and antiaircraft defences. Bombs dropped in Kent
and Surrey, causing some damage and casualties. Twenty-five
Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed. Sixteen British fighters lost,
but pilots of nine safe.
Demonstrations and riots occurred in Rumania as protest against
cession of Transylvanian territory.
It was announced that another French colony, Gabun, had joined
Allies.
Z31
Destroyer
Laid down 1 September 1940
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2194 Days Of War.
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