Thursday, 22 August 2013

Australia's Few. 23 August 1940

Yet another day weather-blighted day as far as the Luftwaffe was concerned but an opportunity to rest and re-gather strength for Fighter Command. The Germans attempted a few incursions, but, where Fighter Command decided to intercept, nothing was spotted because of the cloud cover. Happily, this was another day with no casualties.
Ken Holland carried out some more formation practice and John Crossman had two aerial outings. The first, fifty minutes in Hurricane P3268 and the second was one hour five minutes in L1555. He also despatched a cable to his fiancĂ©e, Pat Foley, for her birthday the next day
 

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