A squadron of Hurricanes, which destroyed nine Germans, began their flight over London and ended up over the cliffs of Hastings. Another chased group of bombers from Hammer-mith to Betchyhead, shooting down five enemy planes on their way.
A formation of Hurricanes which caught some enemy machines coming up the Thames handled them so roughly that one pilot said afterwards he thought it very unlikely that any of the bombers would reach home.
Five of them, Dorniers, were definitely shot down and most of the others badly damaged, and when the remaining bombers began their fight to the coast they were no longer a formation, but merely the centre of a general melee through which Spitfires and Hurricanes were flying at will, choosing whichever target pleased them, For the fifth. time, London's heavy barrage scattered raiders who appeared over the inner area last night. Very soon after the fourth warning of the day, gunfire grew in volume and as planes approached central London the noise grew to a shuddering roar. At the beginning of the raid, the planes appeared to come in from one direction only; they did not stop to circle round the capital but cut straight across. When they met the barrage, they climbed and made' off at high speed.
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