HOOVER ASKS BRITISH AGREE TO HIS FEEDING WAR VICTIMS; R. A. F. BOMBS CHANNEL ISLAND (8/11/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 8/11/40 | W. F. Leysmith, Joseph M. Levy, Camille M. Cianfarra, Raymond Daniell, Percival Knauth

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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Winston S. Churchill, Their Finest Hour

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This poster who authored by “Flight Lieutenant Adolph ‘Sailor’ Malan of 74 Squadron, a burly South African who would prove to be one of the most determined, successful, and intelligent RAF aces of the Battle of Britain.”

Michael Korda, With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain

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Relief Held Vital – 2-3
Canadians Christen Five New Warships – 3
Canada Acts to Curb Retail Gasoline Sale – 3
P.F. Warburg Aids Child Refugee Group – 3
The International Situation – 4
Constrasting Methods of Transportation by U.S. Army (photo) – 6
Guernsey Bombed in Wide R.A.F. Raids – 7
Italians’ Advance Harried by R.A.F. – 9
Soviet Opens New Canal, Transport Link to Reich – 9
After British-Polish Military Agreement Was Signed (photo) – 10
Italy Aims to Win Arabs by Victory – 11
Sweden Resisting Nazi Propaganda – 11
Day’s War Communiques – 13

News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 14
Where the Italians and British are Clashing in East Africa (map) – 15
Successes in Air War Bolster British Hopes – 16
Nazis Urge Spartan Habits – 17
Changes in France Expected – 18
Suez Italy’s Goal in African Sector – 18-19
As Japan Sees the “New Order” in East Asia (map) – 20
Social Security Grown to Giant Size in 5 Years (by Luther A. Huston) – 21-22
California Law Favors Johnson (by Arthur Caylor) – 22
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 23

Ernest Hemingway Talks Of Work and War (from N.Y.T. Book Reviews, by Robert Van Gelder) – 24
Sketch of future development above the George Washington Bridge * - 25

* If anyone has seen this area along the Hudson since 1990, please inform the rest of us whether you can still observe autogiros flying in and out of the apartment complexes there.

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/aug40/f11aug40.htm

Italians advance in British Somaliland

Sunday, August 11, 1940 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... In British Somaliland the Italians advance to and attack the main British positions on the Hargeisa-Berbera road at Tug Argan. General Godwin-Austen has arrived to command the British force.

Over Britain... There are German air raids on Weymouth and Portland. The RAF loses 32 planes and the Luftwaffe 38.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/11.htm

August 11th, 1940

UNITED KINGDOM: Battle of Britain:
RAF Fighter Command: Weather, fine.

38 Luftwaffe and 32 RAF planes are downed in air battles today.

Dover and Portland heavily attacked. Several senior Luftwaffe officers killed or captured.

Convoys off east coast attacked.

At 1519, the Llanfair, a straggler from Convoy SL-41, was hit by one torpedo from U-38 in the stern and sank after 11 minutes west of Ireland. Three crewmembers were lost. The US-flagged California picked up the master and 29 crewmembers. (Dave Shirlaw)

At night Merseyside and the Bristol Channel are mined.

Squadron log No. 74 squadron (Manston and Hornchurch: Spitfire I and II) commanded by South Africa’s “Sailor” Malan - Squadron log reads:-
take off at 0749 hrs., second patrol: take off 0950, third patrol: take off 1145, fourth patrol: take off 1356.

Ten Bf110’s and 13 Bf109s (including six of JG 2) are lost. Bombs fall for the first time on York and heavy raids are reported on Bristol and Plymouth.

During a heavy air raid on Weymouth and Portland, ASW Trawler HMS Hertfordshire was in Admiralty floating dock (AFD19) which was holed and strained. The Hertfordshire suffered some splinter damage. (Dave Shirlaw)

At night a Bristol searchlight team hold a He-111H in their beam long enough for a Hurricane of 10 Group to bring about the Groups first night success.

RAF Bomber Command: 2 Group: 2 Blenheims of 604 Squadron escorted by 3 Spitfires of 152 Squadron attempted to set fire to waterborne He59s off France.
4 Group (Whitley). Bombing - oil refineries at Gelsenkirchen and Frankfurt - ‘Razzling’.
10 Sqn. Eight aircraft to Gelsenkirchen. All bombed primary and ‘Razzled’. Four damaged by Flak, six damaged by burning ‘Razzles’.
51 Sqn. Eight aircraft. One returned early, six bombed primary and ‘Razzled’. One fighter seen, but no attack. One FTR.
102 Sqn. Ten aircraft to Frankfurt. One returned early, seven bombed primary.
[’RAZZLE’ was an incendiary device; pills of phosphorus covered with gauze and inserted between square pieces of celluloid. The were carried in sealed cans containing water which kept them from drying out and becoming combustible and the idea was to scatter these incendiary ‘leaves’ over areas of the Black Forest where, it was believed, arms and other military stores were being concealed. After fluttering to earth they would dry out, instantaneous combustion would take place and ‘Puff’ up would go the arms dumps. During the first use of RAZZLE the aircraft, after first bombing their primary target, proceeded to the Black Forest area where the first WOP/AG opened the cans and poured the contents down the flare chute. However, not all the leaves fluttered to earth. Some of them, caught in the aircraft’s slipstream, were blown onto the tailplane, elevators and even the tailwheel. Consequently when they dried out they burnt whichever surface they had stuck to. the safety device supplied for use in such an emergency was a garden water syringe!]

FRANCE: Paris: Zeitschel, the Jewish affairs attaché at the German embassy, send a memorandum to Abetz about the sale of 30 canvasses remaining in the embassy. These ought to be auctioned while a decent price was obtainable before the Einsatzstab flooded the market with entarte Kunst, or “degenerate art.”

BRITISH SOMALILAND:Italian troops attack British forces at Tug Argan.

USA: Washington: The government is to supply Britain with 4,000 tanks.

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http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 346 August 11, 1940

Battle of Britain Day 33. Although the weather is fine, Luftwaffe does not start its offensive against RAF airfields, instead mounting a carefully prepared feint. Starting at 7.30 AM, Messerschmitt Bf110’s and Bf109’s bomb and strafe Dover Harbour, as a prelude to a larger attack on Portland Naval base and Weymouth, aiming to draw up RAF fighters. Spitfires of 64 and 74 squadrons respond but most RAF units are rested and ready when a large formation of 56 Ju88 heavy bombers, 20 Heinkel He111s & 97 Bf110s is detected from Cherbourg at 9.45 AM. RAF loses 20 Hurricanes and 5 Spitfires. Luftwaffe loses 27 bombers and 10 Messerschmitt fighters.

German bombing damages 4 British destroyers (HMS Windsor in the Thames Estuary,
under repairs until the end of October; HMS Esk at Harwich, repaired in 1 week; HMS Scimitar in Portland Harbour, repaired in 4 days; HMS Skate in Portland Harbour, bridge destroyed but no immediate repairs necessary).

Major-General Reade Godwin-Austen arrives in the capital city of Berbera, to command the defense of British Somaliland. British have maintained prepared defenses at Tug Argan on 6 hills overlooking the Hargeisa-Berbera road, knowing that this is the most likely route of attack. Italians attack 3 hills and capture one, defended by 3rd Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment.

Major-General General Wavell (Commander-in-Chief Middle East) is in London to discuss the defense of British colonies in Africa and the Middle East. Seeing events in Somaliland and expecting an Italian attack on Egypt, Churchill’s War Cabinet makes a far-reaching decision to send tanks to defend the vital Suez Canal. Despite the ongoing threat of invasion, 150 tanks (about half the total in Britain) plus 48 anti-tank guns, 48 field guns and 20 Bofors anti-aircraft guns are ordered to Egypt.

At 3.19 PM, U-38 sinks British steamer Llanfair (7800 tons of sugar) 125 miles West of Ireland. 3 crew are killed and 30 survivors are picked up by the American merchant vessel California.

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Battle of Britain Campaign Diary

Date: 11 August 1940

• Weather: Fair in morning, cloudy for most of the day.
• Day: Heavy attack on Portland, feints by fighter formations over Dover. Convoy attacks in Thames Estuary and off East Anglia.
• Night: Harassing attacks on Merseyside. Minelaying.

  Enemy action by day

  There was very considerable activity during the day, the main features of which were a heavy attack on Portland at 1030 hours, four attacks on the Dover Balloon Barrage between 0730 and 1210 hours and attacks by large formations on convoys in the Thames Estuary and off East Anglia at about 1130 hours.

  Sixteen squadrons were in action (some as many as four times) and shot down 32 (plus 46 unconfirmed) enemy aircraft while AA guns shot down a further 5 (plus one unconfirmed). In addition, a further 28 enemy aircraft are reported damaged. Our losses were 25 aircraft (20 pilots missing and 2 killed).

  Portland Area

  At about 1030 hours, 5 raids totalling approximately 200 aircraft approached Portland and Weymouth Bay on a 20 mile front and of these about 150 crossed the coast and caused considerable damage to Portland. The attack was made both from high level and by dive bombers. These raids were met by 7 fighter squadrons which shot down 23 (plus 22 unconfirmed) enemy aircraft against our losses of 16.

  At 1920 hours, one enemy aircraft visited Portland evidently on reconnaissance. AA guns opened fire but no results are reported.

  Dover Area

  The Balloon Barrage at Dover was attacked on four occasions between 0730 and 120 hours by enemy fighters in formations of 15 aircraft and upwards. Seven balloons were shot down

  Attacks on Convoys

  At 1148 hours, an attack on a convoy in the Thames Estuary developed and spread to a second off Harwich. This attack came over in two waves and about 100 aircraft were plotted. A number of ships are reported to have been hit.

  Other Activity

  At about 1455 hours, a raid of six aircraft appeared 15 miles south east of Clacton flying west; a section was sent up but the raid turned away.

  At 1705 hours, a raid appeared 10 miles off Yarmouth and patrolled off the coast from Cromer to Lowestoft. This raid was not intercepted.

  From 1705 hours onwards, several raids were plotted off the Norfolk and Suffolk Coasts and reports were received of single hostile aircraft shadowing convoys in the vicinity but no attacks materialised.

  At 1915 hours, a Ju88 approached Church Fenton and then returned to just north of Whitby where it was shot down on the shore.

  By night

  Four raids approached Start Point from the south east but did not cross the coast. Seven raids crossed the South and South East Coasts at Portland, Isle of Wight, Southwold and Deal. Further raids were in the Cardiff area, mid Wales, Liverpool and Market Harborough.

  Three raids approached the Tyne area at about 2300 hours which were probably minelaying. A raid also patrolled the Downs and may also have been minelaying. Considerable minelaying activity occurred between Flamborough Head and Farne Island. One raid crossed the coast at Farne Island and continued up to Carlisle. Further raids were over Cardiff, Bristol, Newport and Gloucester and the number of enemy aircraft in this vicinity indicated a concentrated attack which, however, did not materialise. One raid crossed the coast near Portland, proceeded over Gloucester to Liverpool thence down to Reading and out to sea by Shoreham.

  

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  Statistics

  Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours, 11 August 1940

• Blenheim - 60
• Spitfire - 247
• Hurricane - 373
• Defiant - 24
• Gladiator - 2
• Total – 706

  Casualties:

  	Enemy Losses
  By Squadron No.	Confirmed	Unconfirmed
  74 Sqn (Spitfires)	1 Me109	5 Me109
  64 Sqn (Spitfires)	2 Me109
  145 Sqn (Hurricanes)		3 Me109
  		4 Me109
  1 Sqn (Hurricanes)	1 Me110
  	1 Do17
  74 Sqn (Spitfires)		2 Me109
  601 Sqn (Hurricanes)		9 Me110
  		3 Me109
  85 Sqn (Hurricanes)		1 Me110
  64 Sqn (Spitfires)		2 Me109
  74 Sqn (Spitfires)	2 Me110	10 Me110
  17 Sqn (Hurricanes)	1 Me110	1 Me110
  111 Sqn (Hurricanes)	1 Me109
  74 Sqn (Spitfires)	1 Me109	3 Me109
  238 Sqn (Hurricanes)	1 He111
  152 Sqn (Spitfires)	1 Me109
  609 Sqn (Spitfires)	5 Me110
  87 Sqn (Hurricanes)	2 Me109	1 Me109
  	1 Ju88 ?
  213 Sqn (Hurricanes)	7 Ju88	2 Ju88
  	1 Me109
  238 Sqn (Hurricanes)	3 Me109
  41 Sqn (Spitfires)	1 Ju88	1 Me109
  By AA Guns	5 Me109	1 Me109
  TOTAL	37	47

• Own:

• No 145 Squadron - 3 Hurricanes
• No 1 Squadron - 1 Hurricane
• No 601 Squadron - 4 Hurricanes
• No 74 Squadron - 2 Spitfires
• No 17 Squadron - 1 Hurricane
• No 111 Squadron - 4 Hurricanes
• No 610 Squadron - 2 Spitfires
• No 56 Squadron - 1 Hurricane
• No 238 Squadron - 2 Hurricanes
• No 152 Squadron - 1 Spitfire
• No 87 Squadron - 2 Hurricanes
• No 213 Squadron - 2 Hurricanes

  Patrols:

• 165 patrols despatched involving 767 aircraft.

  Balloons:

• Flying 1389. Casualties 101 (including 7 shot down by enemy).

  Aerodromes:

• No reports.

  Organisation:

• No reports.

  Air Intelligence Reports

• Nil.

  Home Security Reports

• Date: 10th/11th/12th August 1940

• General Summary

• Night 10th/11th August

• Enemy activity was light in comparison with the preceding nights and was confined to the south-west of England and South Wales areas. In what is presumed to be an attempt to sever the Landore Viaduct at Swansea, considerable damage was caused to private houses and casualties, a number of which proved fatal, are reported.

• 11th August

• There was considerable enemy activity over the south east, in the Dover area and in the south west at Weymouth and Portland. Minor damage and small fires were caused in the former area but extensive damage to railways and property occurred at Weymouth and in the district.
• At 0535 hours, a mine exploded on the beach at Saltburn, Yorkshire.
• Early in the morning of this day, bombs were dropped at Bovey Tracey.

• Night 11th/12th August

• Bombs were reported at Dinas Powis (Glamorgan) and in the vicinity of Cromer Lighthouse shortly before midnight and just after in the Bristol areas where a railway signal box and instruments were damaged.
• At 0111 hours, mains were fractured and set alight by HE bombs at Lancing (West Sussex).
• At Mount Batten (Plymouth), two mines exploded on the land at 2240 hours on the 11th. This may be connected with a report "estimated 10 hostile aircraft entered Plymouth area between 2325 and 0108 hours, 10th/11th August. No bombs were dropped but possibly minelaying".
• Other areas where bombs were dropped included - near Avonmouth - in the Heaton district of Newcastle - at Battersby Moor (Yorkshire) - in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
• Note: In South Wales on the night of 10th/11th August the bombs dropped are said to total 48, of which 11 were unexploded.
• In the Weymouth - Portland area on the 11th August, over 70 bombs were dropped of which 21 did not explode.

• Detailed Summary

• Supplementing the information given in yesterday's report, it is now advised that a total of 26 bombs exploded in the Swansea area - plus 5 unexploded. Extensive damage to property was caused - not slight as first stated - and a water main was burst, damaging a main road. Casualties are reported as 17 killed and 8 injured - excluding a number of minor injuries. There was one direct hit on an Anderson shelter in which five occupants were killed. The viaduct will be closed for three to four days.
• Further reports on the bombing attacks on Cornwall state that 12 bombs dropped in the Stithians area (135 degrees Redruth, 5 miles), were found to have caused craters in line over a mile of country. Two craters reported to be semi-circular with sides as if cut by a spade.
• Amongst the bundles of leaflets reported dropped in this country, one lot at Pontesbury, near Shrewsbury, had attached to it one spent and one live cartridge. Further leaflets reported to have been dropped in Somersetshire and in Shropshire near Shrewsbury.
• At 0734 hours on the 11th August, fires were caused at Dover as a result of enemy aircraft attacks on our balloons, some which were shot down. Some slight damage was caused to houses and it was reported a gas holder was punctured by Messerschmitt shrapnel.
• A heavy bombing attack was made on Portland and Weymouth at 1040 hours on the 11thAugust, when over 70 bombs were dropped of which 21 unexploded. Considerable damage was caused. Signal box and lines at railway station completely demolished, rail services to Weymouth blocked, telephone dislocated, oil tanks burning and serious damage to houses. A public house and two breweries were severely damaged. Seventeen houses were demolished and about 150 damaged. One killed and 22 injured.
• It would appear from reports received that in the other areas attacked, as mentioned in the general summary above, there was no serious damage caused of a major nature with the possible exception of the main line at Annesley (Nottinghamshire) where the line was apparently seriously affected with a consequential disorganisation of traffic.

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