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Shop Assistant Sees The First Big Raid
- A teenage shop assistant experiences the siren and watches a vast formation of German aircraft pass overhead on 7 September 1940.
- She fears her customer's Spitfire pilot son can't stop the incoming swarm.
Practical Civil Defence Measures
- Prepare communal and household air-raid precautions like evacuations, blackouts, barrage balloons, and shelters before attacks escalate.
- Implement organized distribution of shelters and civil defence to reduce casualties and maintain social order.
Underground Life During Raids
- Londoners forced entry to Tube stations; by mid-September 150,000 slept in tunnels nightly despite official warnings.
- Some larger shelters offered stoves, baths, concerts and libraries; most remained cramped and unsanitary.