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Weather: fine but turning cloudy
Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours:
- Spitfire – 227
- Hurricane – 387
- Defiant – 16
- Gladiator – 8
- Total – 697
Several groups of high flying aircraft penetrated Southern England. As a result of RAF interceptions the Germans lost 10 aircraft as against 5 British fighters destroyed.
Reported Casualties (RAF Campaign Diary 29th September 1940):
* Enemy: 6 confirmed, 3 probable, 2 damaged
* Own: 5 aircraft with 3 pilots killed or missing.
Today’s theme: Captains and Commanders – Sir Archibald Sinclair
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