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St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
St Margaret's ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Log. Volume 2. 24 July 1940 - 2 November 1940. Pages 58-64
This item features pages 58-64, 3rd September 1940 – 8th September 1940.
For the rest of Volume 2 see items 5515-5523 and 5525-5530.
See also item 5530 for explanation of the colour coded air raid warnings.
ARP Warden Charles Groves pencil notes:- Page 60 – German 378 losses, British 277 losses. – Invasion Admiral Raeder reported attack fixed for Sept 20th Page 61 – 120 fighters lost. Very serious position for RAF – Dowding so serious F. pilots no longer in sufficient numbers to refill losses in ?? No fresh squadrons – Churchill speaks – Germans speeding arrangements for invasion – 840 fighter pilots only instead of 1300 needed Page 62 – Invasion Folkestone to Worthing, Thames Estuary to ?? – Landing Day to be fixed – 370 bombers, 672 fighters attacked Page 64 – German 24 bombers, 17 fighters destroyed. British lost 17. Docks fired – Believed to be the first shell (a reference to entry in log @ 1847hrs ‘Loud explosion possibly single bomb’)
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