-2- dropped their bombs through low clouds and also attacked shipping in the Thames estuary with low-level machine gun fire. One crashed in Sussex, and another was probably destroyed by fighters near Yarmouth. 8. Aircraft casualties in operations over and from British Isles: German Destroyed Probable By Norwegian ship 1 Nil Crashed 1 Nil By fighters Nil 1 Totals 2 1 British nil nil 9. Home Security. Daylight 30th January casualties in the London area 13 killed and 59 seriously injured. 10. Daylight 31st January. Bombing occurred in 25 London boroughs and caused one serious fire. A radio factory was hit, but no serious effect on production is expected. Three hospitals were damaged. Nine barrage balloons were shot down including six in London area. |