It was reported by the British Admiralty that survivsors of
British ship Blair Angus and Elm- wood, torpedoed on
21
September 1940, had landed at St.John's Newfoundland.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) bombed oil refineries at
Magdeburg and Hanover, aluminium works at Bitterfeld, gasworks
at Stuttgart, goods yards at Osnabruck and Cologne, and many
Luftwaffe occupied aerodromes.
During daylight raids bombs were dropped at pointson Thames
Estuary, South Coast village. and one in Home Counties Garage
fired in Kent. Attacks also made in Midlands and in`Edinburgh
area.
Night raids were widespread. Many fires started in London,
including serious one in City. In Home Counties attacks were
heaviest south and west of London. Nurses home and hospital
in western suburb badly damaged. Large fires on Merseyside.
Ten Luftwaffe,
Heinkel
He 111 bombers destroyed, Four British fighters lost,
but pilots of two safe.
M202
Minesweeper
Launched 29 September 1940
M203
Minesweeper
Launched 29 September 1940
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Articles:
The Second Great War.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
The War Illustrated.
Edited by Sir John Hamilton
2194 Days Of War.
ISBN-10: 086136614X
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