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Re: 10th July 1940 British tanker Chancellor hit
Andy: this must have been one a number of Luftflotte 3 Nuisance Raids on the morning of July 10th. Here are most of the morning raids in that general area as reported in the Heinrich Weiss manuscript for 10 July (manuscript and translation copywrite). You'll have to look through these and see if anything fits. There are others in the early afternoon (German time) which may still be in the morning by British time, if these don't provide what you're looking for:
"Luftflotte 3
Owing to the weather situation no combat missions in larger formations were possible. On the other side the weather did suit for nuisance raids flown by single planes or by smaller formations like sections or pairs. Thus both Air Corps: IV and V dully used the opportunity. Both air corps mounted in total 31 sorties:
1.Two Ju 88 of III./LG1 took off at 05.23 hrs and were targeting Plymouth.
a)one crew dropped five SC50 bombs on halls and five SC50 bombs at Victoria jetty, reporting explosions in warehouses and the dock area (07.35 hrs)
b)one crew attacked the airfield at Bournemouth, the bombs were aimed too short and hit a track, which was leading to airfield (07.50 hrs).
2.Four Ju 88 bombers of III./LG1 began to take off from 08.25 hrs onwards in the unit’s operational area. Each plane was carrying 2 SC250 and 10 Sc50 bombs.
a)one Ju 88 attacked port facilities in Plymouth hitting the Victoria jetty (09.55 hrs)
b)one Ju 88 attacked a steel works in Cardiff, observing explosions in the factory area; one barrage balloon was shot down (11.40 hrs)
c)one Ju 88 aimed it bombs at harbor installations at Looe with unknown results (11.45 hrs)
c)the fourth Ju 88 returned to base with its bomb load
3.Four Ju 88 of III./LG1 took off at 09.07 hrs for missions in the unit’s operational area. The planes were armed same as above.
a)one Ju 88 attacked (oil?) tank facilities in Cardigan; the crew observed four direct hits and fires (11.30 hrs)
b)one Ju 88 attacked (oil?) tank facilities in Pembroke; the crew reported explosions and fires (11.35 hrs)."
Regards,
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