Wednesday, August 28, 1940 - Germans bomb Liverpool at night

[Louis]

Over Britain... After a lull on the 27th, the Germans attack again. They lose 30 aircraft and Fighter Command 20. One attack is made by fighters alone and the British commanders are tricked into engaging it on the assumption that it is a mixed formation. During the night there is the first of a series of four raids on Liverpool. Around 160 aircraft are sent each night.

In the North Atlantic... The British armed merchant cruiser Dunvegan Castle is sunk by a German U-boat.-

 

[Louis]

Mossley Hill Parish church, in Liverpool ( the Church of St. Matthew and St. James )was hit between 23.50 p.m and 4.20 a.m. on 28th and 29th of august 1940.It is believed to be the first church that was bombed in England during WW2.-