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RAF disrupts Luftwaffe raids
Wednesday, October 2, 1940 www.onwar.com
Over Britain... There are numerous raids over southeast England by high-flying German Me109 fighter-bombers. British Spitfire fighters disrupt most of the attacks. A few bombs are dropped over southeastern London. Many retiring German planes jettison their payload over Kent and Sussex.
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October 2nd, 1940
UNITED KINGDOM: Battle of Britain:
Bf109s operating at altitude over south-east England. Mixture of fighter and fighter-bomber variants to bomb London before RAF can react.
50 daylight raiders also relied upon cloud and rain cover to mask their approach to London. One Do17 was shot down by the Hurricanes of 17 Squadron near RAF Pulham.
Losses: Luftwaffe, 10; RAF, 1.
Destroyer HMS Zetland laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
USS Mason (DD-191), commissioned as HMS Broadwater (H-81), part of the destroyers-for-bases deal. (Ron Babuka)
GERMANY: U-136 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: The Royal Navy completes a sweep of the eastern Mediterranean, during which additional forces are landed on Malta. Today, destroyers HMS Havock and HMS Hasty sink submarine ‘Berillo’ off Sollum.
CANADA: Armed yacht HMCS Wolf commissioned.
Armed yacht HMCS Vison arrived Halifax from conversion and arming at Pictou, Nova Scotia. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Baseball.
Submarine USS Tuna launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-32 sank SS Kayeson. After attacking Kayeson, the submerged U-32 collided with the ship and sustained damage to her bow. (Dave Shirlaw)