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This day during The Battle of Britain, Day 13.


By R.T. Bickers


Monday, July 22:

Fair in the Dover straits, cloudy down-Channel. In eastern England, showery with bright intervals.

Day: Light attacks against ships in the Channel.

Night: Mines sewn between Kent and North-east Scotland.

Aircraft Losses: RAF1, Luftwaffe 1



Another account from Battle-of-Britain.com


22nd July

Weather Forecast
Fair in the Dover Straits and cloudy in the Channel. Bright intervals with showers in the South East.



Combat Report
Activity by the enemy was greatly reduced and for once, not by the weather. A few small reconnaissance raids were plotted during the morning with no interceptions or combat made. The first, and only, action of the day came at about 1300hrs when Hurricanes of No: 145 Squadron shot down a Do17 off Selsey Bill.
During the night, however, the number of raids significantly increased with mines being dropped on British ports along the south & east coasts and the Thames Estuary. Bombs were dropped on South Essex, Norfolk, near Manston, Kidderminster, Welshpool, Brough, Edinburgh, near Drem and South Wales. At about 2345 hours, a Do 17 was shot down near Selsey Bill.



Statistics

R.A.F. Losses: 6 aircraft damaged or destroyed (5 of which were non-combat) and 1 pilot killed.

Luftwaffe Losses: 5 aircraft damaged or destroyed and 7 pilots & aircrew killed or missing.

NOTE: Losses include non-combat patrols and other accidents.



Messerschmitt Bf 109 E Engine Runup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUejOouNqUk

Messerschmitt Bf-109 Times Two

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAgX7YAjjOY&mode=related&search=


From R.T. Bicker's BOB

Enthusiastic bomb crew


Unteroffizier Leo Zaunbrecher (left) poses in front of his Bf 109 shortly before being shot down and captured.


Hermann Goering in France.


Mechs at work on a Polish Hurricane.




Shay
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Thanks for the BOB post series Shay, I've been really enjoying the pics and the information.

Ditto!

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No prob.

The BOB has always been a passionate interest for me. And I had always wanted to follow it on a daily basis just as it occur 67 years ago.

For me and others I consider the BOB as a significant pivotal point in the war. The Brits had everything to lose. And without them holding their ground and keeping the Germans at bay, who is to say how the war would of turned out? Without Britain as a staging point for the Allies to push back the Nazis the outcome of the war could of been wholely different. How different? I'm glad to say that we'll never have to know because of those who heeded the call. I know that there are those out there who will argue the signifcance of the Battle and play down it's effect on the final disposition of the war but for me it seem elementary.

Sorry about the quality of the pictures. My scanner is crap and I haven't had time to hook up my new one. But I sure the owner/s of the pictures wouldn't mine them being less than perfect anyways.

Shay
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