History of War

THE FIRST GOTHA RAID

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The German aircraft were first spotted at 4.45pm by a light ship in the North Sea and reported to the Admiralty. At 4.55pm the Admiralty was scrambling aeroplanes from Manston and seaplanes from Felixstowe and Westgate to intercept them. At 5pm

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