5 August 1940
German Losses
1 Bf 109 crashed in the channel, pilot wounded and rescued
1 Bf 109 missing
RAF Losses
1 aircraft lost
According to Bishop -
Two aircraft and one pilot lost from No.64 Sqn. This was one of the combats at the tail end of the
Kanalkampf where the RAF fighters were jumped on from above and out of the sun when on standing patrol.
7 August 1940
German Losses
None
RAF Losses
None
In the air...this was the day the
Peewit convoy was comprehensively trashed
Twenty ships and nine escort, and its own barrage balloons. Nothing had been sent through the Channel since CW8 was mangled on the 28th of July...and was timed to pass through the Narrows in the dark on its way to Dorset, to avoid LW attack. Instead it was ambushed by eboats. Two ships collided trying to take evasive action, another was damaged, and two were sunk.
8 August 1940
German Losses
8 Ju 87s lost
5 Bf 109s lost
1 Bf 110 lost
RAF Losses
4 Spitfires shot down by Bf 109s
1 Blenheim of 600 Squadron lost
1 Spitfire lost
5 Hurricanes of 145 Squadron lost
8 Hurricanes of other units lost
1 Spitfire forced landing after combat with Bf 109s
3 Hurricanes damaged
2 Spitfires damaged
2 Spitfires damaged in combat with Bf 109s
Bishop has different numbrs for some of these too;
7 Ju87s lost
8 Bf109s lost...
On the British side, Nos. 145 and 43 Sqns
each lost
three of their Hurricanes, and No. 238 Sqn lost two more; a total of 13
were lost that day, but spread around the units differently from above.
Unfortunately - the LW's taget of their large raids had been
Peewit again; only four of its 20 ships eventually reached Dorset undamaged.
9 August 1940
German Losses
1 He 111 lost
1 He 111 forced landing in friendly territory
1 Ju 86
RAF Losses
3 aircraft lost
Bishop doesn't mention any RAF losses....I wonder if Bickers' figures include non-combat losses?
The Ju86 there....should be a Ju88; intercepted by Hurricanes from Nos. 234 and 601 Sqns as it circled the remains of
Peewit.
11 August 1940
German Losses
1 Ju 87 lost
12 Bf 109s lost
10 Bf 110s lost
5 Ju 88s lost
RAF Losses
6 Spitfires shot down
21 Hurricanes shot down
1 Spitfire forced landing
4 Hurricanes forced landing
2 Spitfires damaged
9 Hurricanes damaged
Bishop is again different; "just over 30" German aircraft lost...and of the 27 RAF losses,
25 pilots killed on the 11th
13 August 1940
German Losses
6 Do 17s lost
5 Ju 87s lost
5 Ju 88s lost
1 He 111 lost
6 Bf 109s lost
9 Bf 110s lost
RAF Losses
12 Hurricanes lost
1 Spitfire lost
2 Hurricanes made forced landings
2 Spitfires made forced landings
8 Hurricanes damaged
3 Spitfires damaged
The RAF losses there are correct, but Bishop notes that while they
claimed 64 Ggerman aircraft downed - it was closer to @47 -
15 more than above.
14 August 1940
German Losses
5 Bf 109s lost
2 Bf 110s lost
2 Ju 88s lost
6 He 111s lost
RAF Losses
8 aircraft lost
Bishop has seven...but he also notes that there were plenty of aircraft destroyed on the ground that day - Hurricanes under repair at Colerne, Blenheims at Manston, Spitfires in hangars at Middle Wallop.
15 August 1940
German Losses
9 He 111s lost
7 Ju 87s lost
3 Do 17s lost
6 Bf 109s lost
18 Bf 110s lost
12 Ju 88s lost
1 He 115 lost
RAF Losses
21 Hurricanes shot down
8 Spitfires shot down
8 Hurricanes made forced landings
2 Spitfires made forced landings
13 Hurricanes damaged
3 Spitfires damaged
1 Blenheim shot down by an RAF fighter
Bishop has one more RAF fighter lost, a total of 30...he does however also say 75 German aircraft were lost, against the 56 here. This was the famous
Schwarze Donnerstag, the "Black Thursday of the Luftwaffe". But those losses were againt over 2000 sorties flown acros the day by the LW, as opposed to Fighter Command's 974....
To me, that looks like the LW enjoyed a
lower sortie-to-loss rate than Fighter Command did that day
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