hi guys, i dunno if u guys know this, but 40 years ago today, the luftwaffe launched 3 major air assaults in hopes of wearing down FighterComand and preparing grounds for the future invation of Britain, both sides would not suffer heavier losses in any other day of BoB that 18 August.

Ah, August 1964. The Swinging Sixties.
I was 21 years old & working at Gatwick. The Beatles were in the charts with "A Hard Day's Night". I don't recall hearing any air-raid sirens or seeing any Luftwaffe aircraft.

Here's the RAF official history site. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html
You can check the daily reports for the whole BoB. Note that the losses are the original claims which were later re-evaluated. August 18th, 1940 is sometimes referred to as "The Hardest Day". The Ju 87 Stuka suffered heavy losses & was permanently withdrawn from the campaign. It was shown to be no match for a modern organised fighter defence. This removed the Luftwaffe's main precision-bombing weapon & resulted in a change of tactics which might have affected the outcome of the BoB.

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It was actually 64 years ago yesterday. August 18th 1940.