Two standard days passed, during which no new missions were flown.

The mission would be flown on the assumption that it was.

The command did not say how many missions were flown.

General Neal reported that more than 3,000 missions were flown in the last 24 hours, a record.

The total number of missions flown approached 50,000 by this evening.

Special missions were flown as required in addition to the daily routine work.

He gave no details of the missions flown by the fighters.

The average crew survival rate was between 2 and 3 months when about 20 missions would be flown.

"There will be no offensive missions flown from the west," one official said.

One such mission was flown on 30 March 1940.