The Archive · 1940

Fierce Air Battle

At 8 p.m. an air battle comparable with the Monday night raids suddenly developed when German planes appeared over London and unloaded a number of bombs. Along the entire horizon on one side of the city scores of British batteries could be seen in action, hurling tons of steel and explosives into the air.

More than the usual number of

"ticipated in this attack during German planes appeared to have several huge explosive bombs were dropped. One district of London was rocked even to the floors of the air raid shelters by these huge German bombs.—United Press.

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