The British Admiralty announced that the trawlers HMS Wave
Flower and HMS Joseph Burton had been mined.
Cherbourg was attacked by the British Royal Air Force (RAF)
in daylight. Night bombing operations included raids on docks
at Antwerp and Flushing and naval bases at Emden. Coastal
Command aircraft bombed Ostend Harbour.
The war against Italy, Italians unsuccessfully attempted with
a special device to torpedo ships in harbour at Gibraltar.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made reconnaissance flights
over Greek and Italian coastal waters. Other formations raided
Bardia and Tobruk, Massawa, Teclezan and Keren.
Small Luftwaffe formations of aircraft made daylight raids
over southeast coast, but damage was slight.
Night raids were confined mainly to London and south and east
England, though some bombs fell in Midlands. Church and rectory
damaged in East Anglia.
Nine Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed. Britain lost live fighters,
but pilot of one safe.
Athens reported that Greek resistance to Italian advance continued.
Patras bombed five times.
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