FIRST LONDON ALARM
RAIDERS OVER AT MIDDAY London, Sept. 8. London had an earlier air raid alarm to-day soon after midday, lasting nearly an hour. An Air Ministry and Home Security communique states: "Since dawn this morning (Sunday) enemy activity was negligible until shortly before midday, when a large force of enemy aircraft approached the coast north of Dover. They were promptly engaged by our fighters and anti-aircraft guns, and only small formations were able to penetrate inland. These flew to the \ Thames Estuary, where they were dispersed and driven off. "Reports so far received show that though bombs were dropped they fell mostly in rural areas and did little damage. In Kent some houses and a railway station were hit, and a road was temporarily blocked. There was a small number of casualties but only one person was killed. "Three German bombers were shot down by anti-aircraft batteries."
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1940, Page 7
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