Slight Air Activity Over Britain
[British Official Wireless] (Rec. noon) RUGBY, Nov. 16 An official communique states thal early last evening a number of single aircraft dropped bombs at a few wide-ly-spread points on the coast of England and Scotland. These caused slight damage but no casualties. Another communique says that twe enemy bombers were destroyed off the. east coast of England today. Otherwise there is nothing to report. An official communique states that early on Friday night there was slight enemy activity over south-west England. The few bombs dropped caused only superficial damage. No one was hurt. Few Casualties A single enemy aircraft dropped bombs in two places on the north-east coast of England on Saturday morning. The damage was slight, but there were some casualties, including a small number killed. An enemy bomber was shot down into the sea off the east coast on Saturday by R.A.F. fighters. An Air Ministry communique states that on Friday afternoon a singleenemy aircraft made a brief appearance over a town on the north-east coast of Scotland. Slight damage was caused to buildings by machine-gun
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Northern Advocate, 17 November 1941, Page 6
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