Diary August 26, 1940

War Diary, 08-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

Downed Do 17 bomber in Southern England.

Diary for Monday, August 26, 1940:

Air War

Battle of Britain (Day 48): Attempted raids on airfields round London, including Debden (heavy damage), and Portsmouth area.
Losses: German, 31; British, 27.
Night raids on Birmingham, Coventry and Plymouth.

Sea War

He 115s and Ju 88s sink one large cargo ship and cripple second off Fraserburgh, Scotland.
German disguised raider Pinguin sinks or captures five merchant ships in Indian Ocean (August 26-September 10).

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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