London was again free of raids up to a late hour last night, This was the eighth night running that the capital's sirens had been silent, No raids after dark were reported in the provinces, where this was the fourth night of lull, Yesterday morning a German bomber was shot down into the sea by British fighters south of Beachy Head, says an Air Ministry communique, One British fighter failed to return from patrol on Thursday.
The communique states that enemy air activity during daylight yesterday was on a small scale, Bombs dropped on a town on the south-east coast in the morning demolished houses and caused a small number of casualties, including some people killed.—Reuter.
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