In the sea off Scotland.
3. German Air Force
. Night of October 27th/28th. (Further
reports).
Casualties in London area so far reported are 25 killed and 64
wounded. At Coventry no serious damage has been reported from
key point factories. Casualties for the town were sparse and
none fatal.
Daylight October 28th.
During the morning enemy activity was slight but increased towards
midday when about 20 aircraft approached London. At 4 p.m. larger
formations appeared; 30 aircraft approached Portsmouth area,
lO0 flew in as far as Southern Outer London area but soon turned
back and about another 130 penetrated inland, some to Essex and
others to Southern outskirts of London. Several interceptions
were made by our fighters. Minor bombing resulted chiefly in
Kent, Sussex, and Essex but only slight damage is reported except
at Maidstone where fairly wide damage was caused to house property.
Night of October 28th/29th. Activity though widespread was
on reduced scale to recent nights. London and Birmingham were
main objectives although several large towns in the Northeast,
Northwest and Midlands were visited. From midnight onward the
concentration was chiefly on Southeast England and suburbs of
London, many aircraft turning back without reaching central area.
One enemy aircraft was damaged
by our fighters and one shot down by anti-aircraft
/fire