RAIDS ON BRITAIN
SOUTH COAST TOWN BOMBED NUMBER OF PEOPLE INJURED. ENEMY EOMBER SHOT DOWN. LONDON, April 25. Enemy aircraft this morning dropped bombs on a town on the south coast of England. A number of people were injured and some damage was done. An enemy bomber was shot down in the sea by a fighter. There was little enemy air activity over Britain in daylight today. PLYMOUTH BOMBED ON THIRD SUCCESSIVE NIGHT. WOMEN & CHILDREN TRAPPED IN SHELTERS. LONDON, April 24, It is estimated that' 50 planes participated in the third successive night attack on Plymouth. Damage was mostly in residential areas, but some business premises were severely damaged. More bombs were dropped than on previous nights, though the raid was shorter. A number were killed or injured when a churchyard shelter sustained a direct hit. Some women and children are still trapped in bombed shelters.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1941, Page 5
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146RAIDS ON BRITAIN Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 April 1941, Page 5
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