DEFEAT OF THE DAY BOMBERS

The onset of a daylight bombing campaign on 7 September forced both sides to reconsider the way the battle was being fought. Over the following week, the attacks by day continued despite mounting German losses, while at night attacks against industrial and utility targets carried on. By the end of the month, large daylight raids had become so dangerous for the German air fleets that they were finally largely abandoned by early October and the bombing effort switched to night attacks. Between 7 September and 5 October there were 35 major raids, 18 of them against London, the heaviest of these on 15 September. German bomber leaders insisted that they had to have a heavy fighter escort to avoid the high attrition rate suffered during the August attacks against airfields.…

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