Luftlage West:
7 planes of (F)122 started to reccon the North sea.
Dunkirk is confirmed to be the main disembarking harbor for british
troops. From the 11.October on every day appr. 4 ships arrived there with
troops and material. Some minor ports are also used. British troops also landed
in Fecamp and St.Valery.
One Blenheim was shot down by german fighter over the mouth of the
Wupper.
One enemy plane of unknown type was shot down by german fighter
southwest of Köln.
4 Potez 63 shot down by german fighters south of Völklingen and at
Saarlautern.
1 Do-17 was shot down by enemy fighter.
An RAF
plane which crashed in Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, at 16.55 with total loss
of personnel and machine, caused fires in three houses. One fireman is reported
injured; no other civilian casualties. The aircraft mentioned by Home Security
was Hudson N7290 from No 220 Squadron. The two crew were: Pilot Officer
Augustus Ryan (pilot),Sergeant Rex Mitchell (second pilot), ACI Albert Wade (crew),
with Pilot Officer Douglas Robertson on board as a passenger.
9.November 1939
A plane of (F)122 lost the course because of ice-damage of the compass
and flies over belgium territory but is not attacked.
10.November 1939
A Dornier
Do 18 was brought down into the sea, ENE of Scarborough, by two RAF Hudsons of
220 Squadron. Of the crew of the enemy aircraft, one was listed as missing and
the rest were picked up by Dutch ships.
A No. 87
Sqdn RAF Hurricane Mk. 1 (Serial no. L1619 - LK°P) flown by Flt.Lt. Horatio
Dunn ran out of fuel after having engaged a german Dornier over Tourcoing, and
force-landed in the Mouscron area in Belgium, slightly damaging the plane. Dunn
was apprehended and imprisoned near Antwerp, escaping a few weeks before the
outbreak of war.
14.November 1939
German bombers attack targets on Shetland islands. Two british
floating-planes destroyed.
Two
Hurricanes of No. 87 Sqdn. RAF out of three trespassing Hurricanes force-landed
on Belgian beaches near De Panne and Koksijde. Both pilots were interned with
Flt. Lt. Dunn. The Hurricanes were repaired and transferred to the 2/I/2Aé at
Schaffen, which flew this type of aircraft.
16.November 1939
A British
Blenheim bomber belonging to No. 57 Sqdn. RAF at Amiens (F) crash-landed at St.
Baafs-Vijve on the Courtrai-Ghent route. The crew was apprehended. The fate of
the Blenheim is unknown.
Od.d.L.
cancelled recon flights because of bad weather.
has good
success making photos of Dunkirk area.
X.Fliegerkorps:
6.30
5 planes (F)122 start for sea-sector St.Peter – Scapa – Shetlands – Norway.
20.November 1939
Nine He-59 planes of 3./906 drop air-mines near the Thames Estuary.
Just four planes reach the target. The rest has to return because of bad
navigation.
22.November 1939
A Heinkel
HE.111, code 5j+FA of Stabstaffel K.G.4 at Quakenbrück-am-Rhein encountered two
Curtiss Hawk 75 fighters of the French 1ère Escadrille du Groupe de Chasse 1/4
at Norrent-Fontes and in the ensuing dog-fight was shot from the air near
Torhout. The pilot survived and was apprehended. His crew perished in the
crash.
23.November 1939
Four french fighter are shot down at Sedan. One german fighter is
forced to land.
16.30 8-12 Bristol Blenheim (?) attack Borkum with
machineguns. They attack from
northwest to southeast hangars and planes on the ground.
1 W34 sea two hits, 1 Ne59 one hit, office buildings and hangars about
100 hits. One worker injured by bullet into the stomach, 1 worker slightly
wounded on the arm.
German AA defense by 3,7cm and M.G.15 very short because alarm and
attack were too close and the planes left at once over the Westerems.
Here the steamers „Asien“ and „Stadt Emden“ were attacked with no
damage or casualties.
Boat 604 of 6.Hafenschutzflottille was hit 12 times with minor damage.
One 3,7cm did not work after the first shot and the second had no line
of sight.
M.G.c/30 of Batterie Flughafen II fired 25 rounds without spotted effect.
29.November 1939
At 09.35
an german aircraft was shot down over the North Sea, five miles E of Amble.
Acting on Admiralty instructions a motor boat and patrol vessels carried out a
search of the vicinity but no survivors were found. This aircraft was a Heinkel
He 111 of Stab/KG26 shot down by a Hurricane of No 111 Squadron.
Spitfires
of 602. and 603. Suadron shoot down a He-111 over Lothian in Scotland. This is
the first german A/C to be shot down over the island.
A Dornier Do 18 of 2/Küstenfliegergruppe 406 lost over the North Sea.