Messerschmitt Bf 109s were much in evidence during attacks on Kent and London, including airfields. London was hit at night.

Following one of the recent orders issued by Air Vice Marshal Park, the Hurricanes of Nos 253 and 501 Squadrons were operating together. Flying Officer Kenneth “Hawkeye” Lee of 501 described the frustration after he spotted enemy aircraft and warned his leader. The latter seemed slow to react, the E/As disappeared into cloud and there was a lack of helpful information from the controller, so no attack was made.

For one Bf 109 pilot the war ended in unusual circumstances. While over Kent Leutnant Escherhaus’s dinghy inflated in his cockpit. He forced landed into captivity near Eastry.