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damage to private property was caused at Coventry, where casualties 
      so far reported are 9 killed and 26 wounded. Elsewhere, damage 
      was not proportionate to the number of bombs dropped. Bombing 
      covered a wide area, including London district, Yorks, Lancs, 
      Tyne, and Tees-side, the South Coast, the South Wales. In Cheshire 
      a 50,000 gallon cistern was set on fire, but was put out by 3 
      a.m. Some important railway lines and roads are temporarily blocked 
      by unexploded bombs, and production by 2 Birmingham factories 
      is held up for the same reason.
 
      
 
 
The German air force is apparently making great efforts to 
      improve night-flying training on all types.
 
      
 
 
4. 
Summary of air casualties
.
 
      
 
 
Enemy
:
 
      
 
 
By our fighters:
 
      
 
 
Bombers
: 
 
      Destoyed 7
 
      Probable 3
 
      Damaged 3
 
      
 
 
Fighters
:
 
      Destroyed 19
 
      Probable 11
 
      Damaged 7
 
      (including a Cutis Hawk)
 
      
 
 
Seaplane 1 destroyed
 
      
 
 
Total 27 destroyed, 14 probable, 10 damaged