N.Z. AIRMEN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 7

N.Z. AIRMEN.

TWO AWARDS MADE. Successful Operations Over Britain. (Rccd. 11 a.m.) Sept. 17. Flying-Officer Brian Geor°-e Car Sri' °, f Wellington, and Pilot-Officer Michael James Herrick, of Hastings, have been awarded the D.F.C. The citations state that Flying-Officer Carbury ] ed a Bec tion against two planes operating on the north-east coast, destroying both. He was almost continually engaged from August 28 to September 2 against large enemy raids over 5? fc fi destroyed eight 'planes, of which five were brought down in three successive engagements in one day. Pilot-Officer Hevrick, during an interception patrol on September 4, destroyed two planes, succeeding in closing up within 30 yards of the second, which tell to pieces under his fire. BATTLE OF BRITAIN. REPRISALS ON LONDON. (Reed. 11 a.m.) BERLIN, Sept. 17. A German High Command communique states: "Our coastal batteries again opened fire against Dover yesterday, hitting several British merchantmen! Air activity was limited to armed reconnaissance, owing to unfavourable weather, but several aerodromes in south , England and the Midlands, Whitby harbour and industrial works were effectively attacked. "Shortly before noon, reprisals against London were resumed at intervals, increasing in strength and continuing till morning. Harbour dockyards and military objectives were bombed and new fires started. "Liverpool was bombed last night. Two British planes were shot down and one was destroyed on the ground. The enemy refrained from attacking Germany yesterday." According to a statement appearing in a German news agency message on Saturday, "London has now reached a stage when it must choose between the fate of Warsaw and the fate of Paris." This typical bluster, says a British official 'wireless message, with its shameless acceptance of responsibility for wanton destruction, however, was robbed of much of the sinister menace it was no doubt intended to convey by an earlier claim made on Zeesen station, broadcasting in Spanish on Thursday last, that "'planes on reconnaissance over London registered that the destruction is even greater than in Warsaw." BRITISH 'PLANE. (Reed. 11 a.m.) LOXDOX, Sept. 17. The Bremen radio stated that a French fighter shot down a British 'plane flying over Morocco. An official report from Vichy, confirm-, ing this, adds that the crew of thren were rescued.