The Archive · 1940

Germans Raid British Coast

London, June 22, Waves of German bombers again soared over the eastern, southeastern and northeastern British coasts last night, sporadically dropping bombs, but causing little material damage. Three persons were killed and three Were reported wounded.

Counties on the eastern coast were the most heavily bombed in last night's raids, according to an Air Ministry communique. Most of the bombs fell on open fields, it was revealed.

Three persons were killed in a town in Suffolk when they were trapped in a house which was directly hit. The only other reported casualties were three persons in eastern coastal towns.

Air raid warnings lasted for two hours in northeastern coastal areas, [where the German staged two quarter hour raids, the Air Ministry announced. In one southeastern town, civilians were forced to take shelter for three hours.

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