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General.
HOME SECURITY SITUATION.
82. Bombing has been again on a very small scale.
No damage of national importance was caused.
By Day.
83. On the 30th November a single raider bombed and machine-gunned Longside aerodrome near Peterhead. There was one fatal service casualty and some stores were damaged.
By Night.
84. Although bombs were dropped on five nights of the week, there are but few important incidents to record.
At Ramsgate on 27th/28th November, H.E. and incendiary bombs caused four fires. The following night two parachute mines fell at Swansea. One person. was killed.
Damage.
85. At Ramsgate house property and public utilities were damaged.
One parachute mine fell in the centre of the town at Swansea and another in the dock area. Property was affected over a wide area and a flour mill and a bridge were damaged. In the dock area damage was caused to some coal wagons and the railway track.
Casualties.
86. Estimated civilian casualties for the week ending 0600 on Wednesday, 3rd December, are 2 killed and 11 seriously injured.
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