caused and the whole target area was set alight.
 
      The attacks on shipping were difficult to observe but it is thought 
      that two hits were scored on a merchant ship at Le Harve and 
      fires were started in docks. Five large fires were also caused 
      at Lorient.
 
      Night of September 29th-30th.
 
      115 aircraft were sent to the following objectives:
 
      Shipping in Channel ports, Bitterfeld Aluminium Works, synthetic 
      oil plant at Magdeburg, Bosch factory at Stuttgart, railway targets 
      in north west Germany and gun emplacements opposite Dover. Five 
      aircraft were also sent to lay mines. Three heavy bombers are 
      missing.
 
      
 
 
3. German Air Force.
 
      Daylight September 28th.
 
      German bomber formations mentioned in the summary of the 29th 
      were escorted by fighters in the average of about 5 to 1 and, 
      although raids were unsuccessful, the enemy sustained considerably 
      fewer loses than usual.
 
      Night September 28th-29th.
 
      Casualties in London area appear to have been below the average, 
      being about 40 killed and 100 injured; at Barnet hospital one 
      nurse and 17 patients were killed and two nurses seriously wounded. 
      In a southern and south west district of the suburbs of London 
      damage to water mains is causing a temporary shortage of water 
      in areas. Daylight