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Weather: fine.
Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours:
- Blenheim – 50
- Spitfire – 208
- Hurricane – 345
- Defiant – 28
- Gladiator – 0
- Total – 631
A much quieter day with the Luftwaffe recovering from its exertions over the previous two days. As for the RAF, these recent very active days were leading to a growing shortage of pilots. However, volunteers were successfully sought from other commands. This helped to fill some of the gaps at least.
That night Liverpool and Coventry were bombed and a number of civilians were killed.
54 Squadron Operational Record Book – 17 August
Probably the lull before the storm. No enemy activity until the late afternoon.
Reported Casualties (RAF Campaign Diary 17th August 1940):
* Enemy: 2 confirmed
* Own: nils
Todays’s theme: The Airfields – RAF Warmwell
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