Bristol Bombed in August 1940

[Tapper]

Can anyone please confirmn if Bristol was bombed on August 31st 1940 and if yes, by what aicraft and what units?
Also if I have the right date, I think they would have been engaged by 238 Squadron (Hurricanes) did the Luftwaffe have any losses from this raid or crew killed, aircraft crashed in France?

Cheers
Jon

[Chris Goss]

According to Air Min records, no bombs were dropped on Bristol on that date

[brewerjerry]

Hi
For bristol raids......
This is the site, it is excellent.

http://fishponds.org.uk/luftbrim.html


site details for august 1940.

30/31: II/KG 27, Bourges & Dinard, He 111's; III/KG 27, Rennes, He 111's; I/LG 1, Ju 88's, Orléans; III/LG 1, Châteaudun, Ju 88's; II/KG 51, Orly, Ju 88's, Liverpool. Alternative night attack on Bristol (10).

31/01: I/KG 27, Tours, He 111's; KGr 806, Nantes, Ju 88's, Liverpool. Some made night attack on Bristol as alternative.

no a/c losses listed.

cheers
Jerry

[Tapper]

Cheers for the answers.

Just trying to put some meat on the Bone of a Sgt Bann (238) letter in which he claims to have chased a JU88 from Bristol to near Portsmouth.
I am tring to nail the date and this is one possibility

He thinks he killed the gunners as they stopped firing at him ( maybe just out of ammunition) so also wondered if the JU88 made it back to France or did but with injured crew.

I also appreciate the regular miss identification of aircraft, but I cant see how he mixed up a JU88 with a HE111 for the distance involved....so I am assuming it was a JU88?