The British Admiralty reported that aircraft of Fleet Air
Arm had bombed two Kriegsmarine supply ships off Norway, sinking
one and severely damaging thc other.
During night strong bomber forces attacked French and Belgian
Channel ports and convoys in North Sea. Raids on Hamburg,
Bremen and Emden.
British patrol from Kenya penetrated 16-miles into Abyssinia
and intiicted casualties on garrison at Gorai.
Towards midday large force of Luftwaffe aircraft approached
the coast north of Dover. They were hotly engaged and only
small formations penetrated inland. Bombs fell mostly in rural
areas.
From 8 p.m. raiders carried out prolonged attacks on London
and were met by intense antiaircraft bombardment, Bombing
became indiscriminate. Damaged premises included three hospitals,
a church and two museums. Aerial torpedo partially demolished
block of flats in East London. Docks on both sides of Thames
heavily bombed, Casualties numbered 286 killed, approx. 1,400
badly injured. Eleven Luftwaffe planes shot down Britain lost
three but one pilot safe.
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2194 Days Of War.
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