RAIDS ON ENGLAND CONTINUE

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 33, 3 November 1942, Page 5

RAIDS ON ENGLAND CONTINUE

Casualties Not Heavy LONDON, November 1. With only brief lulls, the Luftwaffe continued its raids on south-eastern England. L'p to this morning the casualties were officially described as slight. It is now known that four night raiders were shot down. By shooting down three enemy bombers on Saturday night, Elying Officer M. Pepper, D.F.C., becomes the second night tignter pilot to accomplish this feat in a single night over Britain, the first one. being Wing Commander J. Cunningham. Pepper is a former "Tourist Trophy” motor-cyclist and dirt-track rider. Yesterday's raid on Canterbury only lasted 30 minutes, but many bombs were dropped, and the working class district suffered most severely. The scream of Jt.A.F. fighters us they tore into action, and the crash of anti-aircraft guns, were strongly reminiscent of the Battle of Britain. Dog-fights were seen over a wide expanse of sky. High explosives also rained down on a coastal town and various districts were machinegunncd. Blast killed eigiit people sitting in a bus, and a constable cycling in the street was shot in the head and killed. Fighters and flak broke ip a formation of 13 raiders which attempted to attack one coastal district.

An R.A.F. squadron engaged in its most exciting, dog-lights of the war when it ran into a big formation of Focke-Wulf 190’s over the Channel heading for England. Jinny FockeWulfs failed to reach the coast. The squadron accounted for five of the day’s nine victims ami damaged many others. Fockc-Wnlfs were active over south-east England after dark. London had a brief alert, but no bombs wore reported.