FINIS: ONE OF THE NINE—Brilliant light of a full moon made visibility excellent for German air raiders as they set out with their cargoes of death for Britain’s towns and villages. But the conditions were ideal also for British night-fighters, who shot down five German bombers before midnight, and Londons guns accounted for another four on that night.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1941, Page 6
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58FINIS: ONE OF THE NINE—Brilliant light of a full moon made visibility excellent for German air raiders as they set out with their cargoes of death for Britain’s towns and villages. But the conditions were ideal also for British night-fighters, who shot down five German bombers before midnight, and Londons guns accounted for another four on that night. Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1941, Page 6
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