THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - An RAF airman inspects the wreckage of an Italian Fiat bomber of the Corpo Aereo Italiano, which crash-landed at Bromeswell, near Woodbridge in Suffolk during the Regia Aeronautica's only major daylight raid of the Battle of Britain, 11 November 1940. The Italian formation, comprising a dozen bombers and their escorts making towards Harwich, was intercepted by Hurricanes of Nos. 17, 46 and 257 Squadrons. The enemy force suffered heavy losses, at no cost to the RAF, and similar daylight raids were not repeated,

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