Once the battle had been won and therefore the threat of invasion had passed major Luftwaffe raids ceased.
In spite of her damage, the destroyer's secondary guns helped repel several Luftwaffe raids on Palermo during the next week.
There were numerous Luftwaffe raids on the airfield from August 1940 until September 1941.
On 30 July 1940 another Luftwaffe raid led to the death of over a dozen civilians, with 22 seriously injured.
Initially, the Luftwaffe raids took place in daylight, then changed to night bombing attacks when losses became unsustainable.
The base provided local protection from Luftwaffe raids on Belfast and the rest of the province.
In 1942 the Gazette's offices in Canterbury were destroyed by a Luftwaffe raid on the city.
Since 1941, about six hundred workers manufactured gun-control equipment at an underground factory which had been located in the tunnels to defend against Luftwaffe raids.
Both these facilities attracted a number of Luftwaffe raids over the village during World War II.
The same day a rare massive Luftwaffe raid occurred with about 60 planes, but did only minor damage.