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Weather: fine, some haze in the south

Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours:

• Blenheim – 48
• Spitfire – 218
• Hurricane – 376
• Defiant – 19
• Gladiator – 8
• Total – 669

The attacks this day launched by Luftflotte 3 consisted of a major incursion aimed at Bristol. Serious damage was done to the Bristol Aeroplane Company works at Filton, just outside Bristol where over 250 people were killed or injured.
In all that day Fighter Command had flown 668 sorties, had shot down 13 enemy aircraft and lost 4 RAF fighters.

The railways in London were the main targets that night.

266 Squadron Operational Record Book – 25 September
Average temperature – visibility very good. Practices included formation flying – flight cloud penetration – dog fighting – interception exercise. Pilot Sgt D.E. Kingaby posted to no. 92 Squadron for flying duties.

Reported Casualties (RAF Campaign Diary 25th September 1940):

*  Enemy: 26 confirmed, 8 probable, 12 damaged
*  Own: Four aircraft with two pilots killed or missing.

Today’s theme: Top Gun Gallery – Josef Frantisek