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      railway and oil targets. Other machines bombed secondary targets 
      and hits were seen on large factory in West Ruhr. Six aircraft 
      successfully laid mines.
 
      
 
 
Yesterday 13 Blenheim sorties despatched against enemy aerodromes 
      and 6 on offensive reconnaissance. Weather generally unfavourable 
      but 2 aerodromes attacked. One aircraft missing.
 
      
 
 
Last night 28 heavy bombers sent to attack "Bismarck" 
      at Hamburg and military targets in Northwest Germany: 18 to attack 
      synthetic oil plant. All returned safely except 1.
 
      
 
 
During afternoon of August 7th nine F.A.A. aircraft attacked 
      petrol installation near Bergen.
 
      
 
 
All tanks destroyed and workings hit by 1 250lb. bomb.
 
      
 
 
3. 
German Air Force.
 
      
 
 
Last night single aircraft active over England, bombs being 
      dropped near Dover, Bristol Channel and Birkenhead areas and 
      in residential outskirts of Birmingham. Some damage to private 
      property and I person killed and 2 wounded: about 20 people trapped 
      in houses in Birmingham.
 
      
 
 
4. 
Shipping Casualties.
 
      
 
 
Yesterday one British ship 9,000 tons with cargo of meat sunk 
      by U-boat off northern Ireland. Estimated that between beginning 
      of May and end of July some 100,000 tons of German and neutral 
      shipping sunk off German coast in Baltic, and its approaches 
      as result of our bombing operations. It is not suggested that 
      these are the only losses.
 
      
 
 
5. 
Middle East.
 
      
 
 
Egypt.
 Three Italian bombers attacked