Battle of Britain - June 26/27

Sgt. Campbell is busy...

We got rained out yesterday, so we spent the day getting caught up on maintenance on the planes; we've been flying patrols pretty constantly over the Channel. Word has it that a couple of Jerry torpedo planes snuck through and sank some ships. It's a pity, but it's terribly hard to fly a single-seater plane in that sort of weather. Nothing to be done about it - not yet, anyway. We just lose too many pilots. 601 Squadron lost another man yesterday, over the Channel, shot down by a Messerschmitt.

Bear in mind, 85 Squadron has lost two pilots in the past two weeks. That's from an establishment of 12 pilots. We have replacements, but it takes time to train them and get them fit to fly operations.

Today is shaping up to be a slow one, thankfully. Heavy clouds over the channel. Word of skirmishes, but nothing certain. More later.