military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) (10/04/90)
From: military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) Wednesday, 2 October, 1940 Messerschmitt fighter-bombers range over England, but RAF fighters are very successful in interception, forcing most to jettison their bombs over Kent and Sussex. A few bombs fall on southeastern London. Hitler's military staff advises him to abandon all plans for invading England. New Zealand draftees arrive in England to bolster her navy and air force. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Bill Thacker military@att.att.com Send submissions for "50 Years Ago" to military-request@att.att.com "It is not generally realized that our mechanical capacity has suffered serious depreciation in quality during the past decade. The stagnation in our capital goods industries indicates that this deterioration has been general." - Richard Banbury in a letter to the New York Times