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