battle, notable, interwar and Second World War
Adlertag
Adlertag was a battle fought in 1940 at England, in what is now United Kingdom. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at England. It was part of Q154720. The recorded result: British victory.
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Record
| Date | 1940 (year precision) | |
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| Place | England, United Kingdom 53.000N, 1.000W | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Casualties and losses | Fighter Command: 13 fighters (air); 1 fighter (ground); 3 fighter pilots killed; RAF Bomber Command: 11 bombers (air); 24 aircrew killed; 9 captured; Other: 47 miscellaneous aircraft (ground); c. 25 civilians killed | 47–48 aircraft destroyed (air); 39 severely damaged; circa 200 killed or captured including: 44 killed; 23 wounded; at least 45 missing |
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Nearest engagements
- Storming of Shelford House 1645, 1.9 km S
- Battle of Stoke Field 1487, 8.4 km NE
- Battle of Mapperley Hills 1842, 9.5 km W
- Battle of Worksop 1460, 35 km N
- Battle of Chesterfield 1266, 38 km NW
In the same war
- After: Battle of Britain Day 1940
Elsewhere in 1940
- Battle of Britain United Kingdom
- Battle of France Belgium
- Dunkirk evacuation France
- Battle of Dunkirk France
- German invasion of the Netherlands Netherlands
Adlertag is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2057725, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Adlertag, revision 1377831007, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.