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      subsidiary factory at Turin; steel works at Aosta attacked by 
      single aircraft; no detailed reports yet available but preliminary 
      reports indicate that attack at Berlin was successful. One of 
      our aircraft missing one crashed.
 
      
 
 
3. 
German Air Force.
 
      Night of October 19th/20th (further reports). Approximate casualties 
      in London area were 170 killed and 300 seriously injured; at 
      Coventry casualties at present reported are nine killed and 23 
      seriously injured.
 
      Daylight of October 20th. Enemy activity consisted of five major 
      raids over South East England each consisting of about 50 fighter 
      aircraft; elements of four of these raids penetrated to Central 
      London area. Our fighter squadrons intercepted and seven enemy 
      aircraft were destroyed.
 
      Bombs dropped in Paddington, Westminster and West Ham districts 
      causing casualties and a pumping station some flats and two small 
      factories were hit.
 
      Outside London an oil cistern in Essex was ignited but fire was 
      extinguished. Two other cisterns were punctured. Several towns 
      on the South East Coast were bombed but no serious damage is 
      reported.
 
      Night of October 20th/21st. Enemy bombing started at night fall 
      with attacks on London and on a smaller scale the Midlands; Coventry 
      was the chief objective in this area. The number of aircraft 
      operating over London was considerably smaller than on the previous 
      night although activity was steadily maintained until 1 a.m. 
      The London area was clear of
 
      aircraft/