Funny they didn't call it KräheEssenTag:03:

Anyone know how many pilots made it back home after that melee?

KräheEssenTag

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During the 18 August 1940, Luftwaffe units flew a total of 970 sorties over Britain: some 495 by medium bombers, 460 by fighters and 15 by reconnaissance units. Of this total, about 170 of the bomber sorties were flown on the night of 17/18 August; the remainder were flown during the daylight hours on the 18 August. Less than half of the available (or serviceable) aircraft on the Luftflotte 2 and Luftflotte 3 order of battle were involved in the action that day, so it was clear that the Luftwaffe was not greatly extended in providing forces for the offensive. Luftflotte 5 did not take any part in the fighting, although its reconnaissance aircraft were active over England and Scotland. Altogether, the Luftwaffe lost between 69 and 71 aircraft destroyed or damaged beyond repair as a result of its operations over Britain on 18 August 1940. Of this total, 59 were lost to certain or probable action by fighters while two fell to ground fire, four to a combination of both and one collided with a British training aircraft. The remaining three crashed in German-held territory owing to technical failures. Altogether, the losses represented seven per cent of the force committed. Around 29 aircraft crashed in England. Personnel losses were 94 German crews killed, 40 captured and 25 returned with wounds. Some 27 to 31 German aircraft returned with damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardest_Day

1812 US warship Constitution defeats British warship Guerriere.

1914 German fleet bombs English coast.

1915 British liner "SS Arabic" sunk by German submarine without warning leaving Liverpool for New York; killing 44. Creates diplomatic incident.

1942 WWII: General Paulus orders German 6th Army to conquer Stalingrad.

1942 WWII: Over 4,000 Canadian and British soldiers killed, wounded or captured raiding Dieppe, France.

1940 1st Polish squadrons fight along allies in the Battle of Britain.

1940 British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".

1944 Gen de Gaulle returns to France.

1991 Conservative coup in the Soviet Union is crushed by popular resistance led by Boris Yeltsin in three days.

I remember that one tanks in Red Square shooting at their own palace ... what a day that was :o

Rgr that, I thought it was really surreal.

1485 Battle of Bosworth Field - Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during last battle in the Wars of the Roses.

1864 First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field".

1944 Adolf Hitler orders Paris to be destroyed [or 23rd].

1944 Last transport of French Jews to nazi-Germany.

1962 Failed assassination attempt on French president Charles de Gaulle.

1963 The X-15 rocket plane achieves a world record altitude of 354,200 feet (107,960 m, 67 miles).

the last hurrah-two years later
 

1799 Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.

1940 German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London.

1942 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad (40,000 die).

1942 Last cavalry charge in history takes place at Isbushenskij, Russia; the Italian Savoia Cavalleria charges Soviet infantry

1996 Osama bin Laden issues message entitled 'A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.'

H D & Q
 

1305: Sir William Wallace, found guilty of pissing off the Sassenach is hung, drawn, and quartered...The quarters of Wallace’s body were sent to Berwick, Newcastle upon Tyne,:huh: Stirling and Perth to show the price of treason. Wallace’s head was spiked above London Bridge. Edward (Longshanks) thought this humiliating death would be the end of the matter - that Wallace would be forgotten. He was wrong. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...eheart_imp.jpg Mel Gibson, himself a 'man of many parts':O: came along to set the record straight....exhibiting considerable but enjoyable "FREEDOM" with the facts-(and five Oscars): :03:http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/historicalheros/historyvsbraveheart.html

Sad figure in world history, uh? They said that the cost of training and supporting the 9/11 attacks directed by bin Laden cost less than one million dollars.

They did get him in the end though so full credit for that.

1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect.