Quiet reigned over London again most of last night as the German Luftwaffe centred its activities on' the Bast Midlands for the third successive night.
The all-quiet signal in the London area came carly today after a long lull, Only a couple of heavy bursts of gunfire were heard following the: evening alarm.
In the Enst Midlands, waves of planes were heard proceeding northwest and there was some gunfire at 8.20 pam.
Planes over one London area at 8 pam, met heavy gunfire, Several explosions were heard, High explosives were dropped on tone West Midlands town which put up a heavy anti-aircraft barrage' in return, Raiders also were heard over n town in the south-west and town in Wales, As carly as 7 pin, raiders were heard in widely separated parts of Britain, namely Liverpool, "another north-west town, two towns in the north, two in East Anglia, one in the East Btidiands and one in' the west.
ALG pam, there was on ale alarm London' after a short burst gunfire, 'The only enemy air activity dur ing daylight yesterday consisted of 2 few bombs dropped on West Scot~ land, where little damage was done, the Alr Ministry communique sid, A Junker 88 type plane was shot down in daylight in south-east' Eng-and, the communique said.
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