BRITISH REPEL MASS AIR RAIDS OVER DOVER, DOWN 20 PLANES; BOMB CHERBOURG OIL TANKS (7/30/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 7/30/40 | James B. Reston

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nazis beaten off again. Otherwise, slim pickings today.

Nazis Beaten Off – 2
Danes Stirred by Contest For New National Poem – 2
Sale of Destroyers to Britain is Urged – 3
The International Situation – 3
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 4-5

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/jul40/f30jul40.htm

Luftwaffe targets British shipping

Tuesday, July 30, 1940 www.onwar.com

In the North Sea... German bombers attack shipping between the Thames Estuary and Harwich.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 334 July 30, 1940

Battle of Britain Day 21. Bad weather (low clouds and rain showers) restricts flying all day. 5 German raids target the Scottish coast and Northeast England. At noon, Spitfires of 603 Squadron shoot down 1 Heinkel He111 off Montrose Scotland. Further South, convoys are attacked in the English Channel off the coast of Essex and Suffolk. At 3.30 PM, Hurricanes of 85 Squadron shoot down 1 Messerschmitt Bf110 of Southwold, Suffolk. No British fighters are lost. Overnight, there are a few small bombing raids over Southeast England, South Wales and the Midlands.

Destroyer HMS Delight sinks in Portland harbour after being bombed yesterday in the English Channel.

[agere_contra]

I just love the fact that alongside all the bloodcurdling news of tanks, invasions, bombings and bombardments, there is ALWAYS an advert for some item of ladies fashion.

And today ladies, we bring you the “Pouf Tam”.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

there is ALWAYS an advert for some item of ladies fashion.

The department stores are paying the Times' bills, that's for sure. I don't go out of my way to find ladies' apparel ads. I normally only print the ones next to the articles I want. What you see is probably a pretty fair sample of what the sales department placed. Though anything larger than a quarter page is unlikely to show up here, so if some business advertises exclusively in that size or larger we will miss it. I think those are mostly department stores, too.

[agere_contra]

I don't go out of my way to find ladies' apparel ads.

LOL, no, we didn't think you were secretly on retainer from Macy's, in one of the most cunning stealth-advertising campaigns of all time.

[CougarGA7]

Battle of Britain Campaign Diary

Date: 30 July 1940

• Weather: Unsettled, with drizzle and low cloud.
• Day: Raids on convoys off Orfordness, Clacton and Harwich.
• Night: South Wales and midlands.

  Enemy action by day

  Activity in general was on a restricted scale, owing to weather conditions. Our fighters made two successful interceptions, shooting down a He111 off Montrose and a Me110 off Southwold.

  South and West

  Attacks were reported on convoys off Orfordness, Clacton and Harwich. No. 85 Squadron shot down one Me110, 10 miles east of Southwold at 1532 hours.

  North

  Five raids were plotted during the course of the day between Flamborough Head and the Orkneys, one of which was reported to be a meteorological flight. Another of these raids was identified as a He111 and was shot down by No. 603 Squadron off Montrose at 1212 hours.

  France

  The usual Calais-Boulogne-Cherbourg enemy patrols were maintained and there were several hostile flights in the direction of the Varne Light Vessel. There were no interceptions.

  By night

  Enemy activity was on a much reduced scale, no doubt owing to the weather.

  In the early part of the evening, a raid was plotted over Surrey. A balloon barrage was attacked and bombs were dropped at Esher, Chessington, Woldingham, Tolworth and Merstham.

  Later, raids originating in the Baie de la Seine, and Cherbourg were plotted in the Plymouth area making for Devon and Dorset coasts and thence inland to South Wales and the Midlands. One or two isolated plots travelled as far north as Colwyn Bay.

  Bombs were dropped at Heysham (five miles south of Lancaster) from a raid plotted as coming in from the west. Other reports of bombs were received from Barry Docks and near Cwm Bargoed, where a railway track was damaged.

  

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  Statistics

  Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours, 30 July 1940

• Blenheim - 74
• Spitfire - 232
• Hurricane - 333
• Defiant - 23
• Gladiator - 8 (1 Flight only)
• Total – 662

  Casualties:

• Enemy: Fighters - nil; Bombers - 2 confirmed.

• Own: Nil.

  Patrols:

• 185 patrols despatched involving 724 aircraft.

  Balloons:

• Flying 1443. Casualties 44.

  Aerodromes:

• Abbotsinch, Sherburn, Hartlepool and Exeter are unserviceable during the hours of darkness.

  Organisation:

• No changes.

  Air Intelligence Reports

• None.

  Home Security Reports

• 30th/31st July 1940.

• General Summary

• During the early hours of 30th July, bombs were dropped in South Wales, South-Western England, Hull and Norwich, and during the night of 30th/31st July bombs were again dropped in South Wales and in Surrey.

• Detailed Summary

• At 0010 hours on 30th July, bombs were dropped on Hull causing some damage to shops.
• St Athan aerodrome was bombed early in the morning of 30th July, the married men's quarters demolished and other buildings damaged. No casualties have been reported.
• Twelve HE bombs were dropped on Norwich at 0600 hours on 30th July. A bus station was hit and buses destroyed and damaged. Houses and a water main were also damaged and some casualties were caused.
• After the Norwich raid, no bombs were reported all the day of 30th July until 2212 hours, when bombs were dropped at Esher and Farleigh in Surrey, but no damage has been reported.
• During the night of 30th/31st July, Barry Docks were bombed, no damage has been reported; bombs were also reported to have been dropped at Cwm Bargoed (Glamorgan) where damage was done to the railway track.

  Battle of Britain

[CougarGA7]

I just love the fact that alongside all the bloodcurdling news of tanks, invasions, bombings and bombardments, there is ALWAYS an advert for some item of ladies fashion.

Think of it this way. The old man is reading his morning paper on the war and he thinks, "Thinking of the old battleship, I think her birthday is coming up". And there's an ad for what to get her right there.

[BroJoeK]

CougarGA7: "Think of it this way. The old man is reading his morning paper on the war and he thinks, 'Thinking of the old battleship, I think her birthday is coming up.'
And there's an ad for what to get her right there."

[CougarGA7]

You get her that she wont need you anymore.

[BroJoeK]

;-)