LUFTWAFFE OVER BRITAIN
BOWLERS GUNNED AND CHURCH HIT London, Aug. 8. A raider dropped a stick of bombs on a town in the south of England, killing one and injuring five. A raider on the coast of south-east England gunned a country district. A raider in the northeast of England dropped a stick of bombs on a fishing village and directly hit a Methodist church and hall. Some were injured. The same raider gunned bowlers participating in a game in a neighbouring area. There were no casualties. Spitfires chased away two Messerschmitts which shot down a barrage balloon in the Dover area. It is officially stated that an enemy fighter was destroyed by anti-aircraft fire off the south-east coast of England to-night.—B.O.W. and P. A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 10 August 1942, Page 5
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