THRONGED STREETS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 107, 2 November 1942, Page 4

THRONGED STREETS

PEOPLE CAUGHT ON WAY HOME *

ißec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, 'Nov. 1. - The streets of Canterbury were thronged with people going home ; at dusk yesterday when the sirens '- sounded, and bomb?.. destroyed shops and houses before many people were able to' reach shelters. The raid only lasted 30 . minutes, but many, bombs were .. dropped and the working class : district suffered. most severely. The.raiders approached the coast in cloud cover,; then swept down upon Canterbury at a low level. . Theyva^ tacked in four waves. -~.;• The scream of R.A.F. fighters as they i tore .into action, and the crash'of antiaircraft guns were strongly reminiscent, oL the Battle of Britain. .Dog-fights ! were seen over a wide expanse of sky: •■•.--..:: . -. : ■ After the attack, the raiders hedge- | hopped to the coast. One group of ;at least a dozen was seen going home in/ this fashion. ' \ High, explosives also rained down on a coastal town and various districts were machine-gunned. Blast killed eight people sitting in a bus and a constable cycling in the street was shot in the head and killed. FORMATION BROKEN UP. Fighters and flak broke up a formation of 13 raiders which attempted to attack one coastal district. An R.A.F. squadron engaged in its most exciting dog-fights of the war when it ran into a big formation of Focke-Wulf 190's over the Channel heading for England. Many FockeWulfs failed to reach the coast. The squadron. - accounted for five of the day's nine victims and damaged many others. Focke-Wulfs were active over southeast England after :dark. London had a brief alert, but no bombs were reported. Mrs. Roosevelt was in Canterbury on the day of the raid. She expressed deep concern and regret that the city had again been attacked.