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      bombed but results unobserved owing to low cloud. 0il plants 
      at Stettin, Leuna Koln, the dockyards at Hamburg, Bremen and 
      Cuxhaven factories and numerous aerodromes were attacked but 
      results unobserved. Blenheims attacked channel ports fires and 
      explosions resulting.
 
      
 
 
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German Air Force.
 Daylight October 26th. Slight 
      activity in early morning but towards midday seven formations 
      of from 10 to 30 aircraft almost entirely fighters were plotted 
      over southeast England. On two occasions a small number of aircraft 
      penetrated to central London but attacks were not pressed home 
      and most raiders split up and turned away when over mid Kent. 
      During this period strong forces of enemy aircraft were active 
      over the Straits of Dover. 13 persons were killed and 50 seriously 
      wounded in Curzon Street Mayfair and outside London damage was 
      caused to property at Farnborough and bombs were dropped on South 
      coast sea-side towns but no serious damage or casualties are 
      reported. Just before dark two Royal Air Force stations in northeast 
      Scotland were attacked; at one of th %em a Blenheim was burnt and 
      an enemy bomber crashed on the aerodrome and exploded and at 
      the other one aircraft and a hangar were destroyed.
 
      
 
 
Night of October 26th/27th. Enemy activity was rather greater 
      than usual and about 200 aircraft were operating over the country. 
      The main attacks were again on London and Birmingham. In London 
      area the bombing though widespread was chiefly south of river. 
      The only important incidents were the
 
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