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1940

30

Sep

Monday 30 September 1940

Fighter sweeps towards London, but few bombs dropped. Night: London attacked. Weather: Generally fair but cloudy with light winds. Main Activity: An hour separated the first two major raids which began at 9 a.m. In the first there were thirty bombers and 100 fighters; in the second sixty planes. Crossing the coast at Dungeness the […]

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30

Sep

London Carries On

Newsreel footage “London Carries On”, 30 September 1940. Source: British Pathé

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