ship off Flushing. All aircraft returned. Last night 14 Wellingtons
sent to attack oil targets.
Other operations cancelled owing to weather conditions. All our
aircraft returned.
German air force only slight activity yesterday. One aeroplane
attacked southbound
convoy off Harwich; few bombs dropped, no damage. Single aircraft
dropped bombs on
Norwich, a printing works and some houses dalnaged; casualties
l0 killed, 16 injured.
Formation of 15 enemy aircraft approached Southwest coast but
turned away.
Last night, enemy activity much reduced, probably owing to
weather. Some aircraft
reached outer London suburbs; few bombs dropped, no damage or
casualties. Some
barrage baIbons reported fired at. Sporadic bombing, without
material result, reported
from southwest England.
4. Summary of air casualties: Day of July 30tn. Enemy (confirmed)
one HE 111. One
ME 110. Total, enemy 2. British: nil.
5. Shipping casualties. By U-boat; 2 Greek ships (3500 and
4000 tons), carrying grain &
wood to Ireland, sunk l4 and 15 miles off Portuguese coast and
French atlantic coast.
Yesterday, British "Clan Menzies" (7300 tons), carrying
wheat and tinned fruit from
Australia, torpedoed and sunk off northern/