One of the German planes heading north was fired on by anti-aircraft guns over Collinstown, then turned around and soon appeared over Dublin again and began circling the city, occasionally swooping in low. Anti-aircraft guns soon engaged the aircraft and it continued making aerial manoeuvres over the city for close to half an hour, dodging anti-aircraft shells and searchlight beams. It made lower and lower swoops and was fired on with machine guns as it came in low, before dropping a bomb that landed at 2:05 AM.
A German plane heading north towards Collinstown was hit by anti-aircraft fire, then turned back and reappeared over Dublin, beginning to orbit the city. It continued making aerial acrobatics for about half an hour, avoiding anti-aircraft fire and searchlights, before diving low and being attacked with machine guns, eventually dropping a bomb that landed at 2:05 AM.