The trawler HMS Cape Finisterre sank after engaging four Luftwaffe
aircraft, one of which she shot down.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made daylight raids on aerodromes
in France, Belgium and Holland. Night attacks made on oil
depots at Emden; Hamburg, Salzbergen and other centres.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) raided bulk fuel installations
at Zula, Eritrea. Oil depot at Accico and aerodrome at Asmara
attacked. South African Air Force (SAAF) raided Iavello aerodrome.
Fleet Air Arm successfully attacked Italian aerodrome at Cagliari,
Sardinia.
Lord Beaverbrook joined War Cabinet. German night raiders
over Southeast coast driven off by machine gun posts and ships
batteries. Luftwaffe planes also reported over North West
England and a Welsh town. German aircraft dropped lealiets
in Southern England containing translation of Adolf
Hitlers Reichstag speech of
19
July 1940.
R152
R-boat
Launched 2 August 1940
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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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