Weather: foggy, clearing in the evening.
Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours:
- Blenheim – 66
- Spitfire – 249
- Hurricane – 375
- Defiant – 21
- Total – 711
There was relatively little activity this day. A few reconnaissance sorties were flown over the Channel, otherwise there was little to report except for some bombing raids in the north and over Wales that evening and further propaganda leaflet drops. 261 sorties were flown during which neither side suffered any losses.
266 Squadron Operational Record Book, 4 August
Warm, cloudless, visibility excellent. “B” Flight at readiness. “A” Flight available. Practices included Fighter Attacks – tactical exercises with no. 23 (Blenheim) Squadron and no. 229 (Hurricane) Squadron.
Reported Casualties (RAF Campaign Diary 4th August 1940):
* Enemy: Nil.
* Own: Nil.
Todays’s theme: Captains and Commanders – Hugo Sperrle
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August 4, 2010 at 8:25 am
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August 5, 2010 at 12:44 am
tjpalmquist
The battle took place a couple of years before I was born, however it is still hard to wrap my head around the courage and determination of the British Military to over come a superior (supposedly) force.
You have my most gratifying and never ending respect, along with the
American forces, that were motivated by your accomplishments.
A Vietnam Era Vet.
September 12, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Gerald Broadhead
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