Air Operations, Europe

• The RAF hits Berlin with its heaviest raid yet. Naples is hit for the first time by the RAF.

  Bristol-Blenheim Twin-Engine Light Bombers

• The Italians bomb Salonika (59 killed), Piraeus, Larissa, Corfu, Corinth and Candia, Crete. The Greeks bomb the Italian HQ at Koritsa, Albania.

Atlantic

The Royal Navy mines the Bay of Biscay.

Battle of the Atlantic

• U-124 sinks the British steamer Empire Bison (5612t), a straggler from Convoy HX-82, about 200 miles northwest of Rockall with the loss of 38 of her crew. 4 survivors are picked up by the British steamer Olga S.
• The British steamer Letchworth is sunk by German bombing south-southwest of Mouse Light Vessel with the loss of 1 crewman.
• The Norwegian steamer Hundvaag (690t) sinks on a mine west of No. 1 Buoy. 1 crewman is lost. The mine was laid by German torpedo boats the night of 29 October.

The Blitz

This is the first night since September 7 (1 src says 11/3) that there is no raid on London. There have been 57 consecutive nights of attack and after this night 10 more will follow. An average of 165 planes has attacked each night dropping 13,600 tons of high explosive bombs and many incendiaries.

Bomb Damage on Aston Road North

Bomb Damage at Plymouth

Greek-Albanian Front

The Italian advance reaches the Kalamas River in the Epirus district. A small British bomber unit is sent to help the Greeks. This force is increased at Churchill's order during the next few days. About half the RAF strength from Egypt is sent. The British government believes that it is vital to fulfill the guarantees given to Greece to bolster neutral opinion, especially in the Balkans and Turkey.

Italian Infantry Advancing in Greece