The British Admiralty announced that the Submarine HMS Spearfish
considerably overdue, must be presumed lost.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed docks, at Kiel and
Wilhelmshafen, Messerschinitt factory at Augsburg, oil tanks
and supply depots at Mannheim, and several aerodromes oil
tanks near Bordeaux, near Brest and at Cherbourg also attacked.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed Fiat works at Turin
and Marelli rnagneto factory at Sesto Saiovannni. The British
Royal Air Force (RAF) raided Harar and Dessie, Abyssinia.
Enemy attacked Haifa, but damage was negligible and casualties
few.
Luftwaffe air activity slight during the day three Luftwaffe
aircraft shot down. During the night widely dispersed attacks
over Britain, including London.
Axis Powers reported to be intervening in Transylvanian dispute.
Flora
Hospital ship
Commissioned 27 August 1940
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