Long range guns firing across the channel hit several houses in Folkestone and Dover killing and maiming civilians. Hawkinge airfield is also hit.
This is a preparatory shelling - testing and ranging the guns.
Research notes
Long range guns firing across the channel hit several houses in Folkestone and Dover killing and maiming civilians. Hawkinge airfield is also hit.
This is a preparatory shelling - testing and ranging the guns.
NBBS says sustained Luftwaffe bombing of railway infrastructure in "the London - Ramsgate - Folkstone area" is confirmation this is the area of the main German invasion objective.