The Alr Ministry news service de~ scribes some incidents of the fighting. A French Flight Lieutenant saw a bomber caught by searchlights, He losed in, and after the first attack Saw the folder dive; he followed it down for more than 7,000 feet and saw It explode on the ground.
"A Cuech sergeant pilot of the same squadron caught a raider going home and destroyed it, The squadron lead~ also got one and saw it plunge burning Into a fire on the ground, A pilot destroyed two bombers within 'a few minutes after a chase to the Duleh coast, He followed one out to goa and although it was striving all the time to regain its bose he caught it up at only 300 feet near 'At the rst' attack the raider blew into a great mass of flames, As soon as the fighter pilot had recovered, from the glare he saw another bomber take off from the aerodrome, He gave it a long burst from his guns it went straight into the ground and broke up, The fighters by this time was down to 60 fect and he had climb quickly to avoid a crash.
'At un average of four men to a plane the German Air Force lost over 130 trained airmen in a few hours. All but two of the planes were destroyed by night fighters. 'This easily a record for any night ard rings the: German losses in 10 days' of this month to 124 with an estimatted loss of 500 skilled flyers.
Five hospitals, includiiny a child en's hospital, a hotel. a cinema. severa] churches, a rest centre and shelter were among the buildings hit during the ratd on the London area. Casualties were caused at three hos-"a hotel, shelter and rest Grotind fire was lighter' than usual and the roar of British fighters could be heard as they chased the bombers. The observer said he had watched all the big raids on London but hed never seen anything like shis.
Soon after dawn Londoners came out of their shelters to find the firemen still playing their hoses charred buildings, while the frst trafic of the day bumped cautiously over the wreckage:
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