16 September 1940: Thousands in the centre of the capital cheered wildly as they watched the Spitfires send a expansive German bomber hurtling to destructionCheers for Fighters and A.
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German bombers and escorting fighters were sent crashing yesterday in fierce air fighting over the South-east and the London area during two daylight raids. Londoners saw them falling at Victoria,Kennington, and Streatham. In the first attack, or which developed at noon,at least fifty planes were zooming in battle tall over London. Thousands in the centre of the capital cheered wildly as they watched the Spitfires send a expansive German bomber hurtling to destruction. Roof-watchers reported that they saw fragments of one or two raiders, blown to pieces apparently by A.
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Source: theguardian.com