ATTACKED FROM AIR

Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 11

ATTACKED FROM AIR

BRITISH NAVAL SQUADRON GERMAN PLANES DRIVEN OFF THREE BROUGHT DOWH ' NOT A SINGLE SHIP HIT LONDON, September 27. (Received September 28, at 10 a.m.) It was officially ’stated in Berlin that German planes attacked the British Fleet in the North Sea and destroyed an aircraft carrier and damaged one battleship. These claims were denied by the British Admiralty. Mr Churchill, in the House of Commons, said 20 German aircraft attacked a British Naval Squadron in the middle of the North Sea. No British ship was hit, and there were no casualties on the British side. One German flying boat was shot down, another was damaged, and a third flying boat was captured after a forced landing. The German High Command later explained that an “ aircraft carrier was hit by a heavy bomb,” adding: “ That did not mean it was sunk.” The British squadron comprised capital ships, an aircraft carrier, cruisers, and destroyers. DESTROYER RESCUES GERMAN GREW AIRCRAFT ALSO BROUGHT IN (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 27. (Received September 28, at noon.) Mr Churchill’s statement was in reply to a question, and the facts quoted were from a report as wirelessed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet. / Mr Churchill described the capture of the German aircraft, which came down in the North Sea. He said a destroyer was sent out to collect her and her crew. Four had been brought in as prisoners. CHANNEL AIR SERVICE RESUMPTION UNDER CONSIDERATION (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 27. (Received September 28. at 1 p.m.) It was announced in the House of Commons that the resumption of a regular commercial air service between Britain and France is at present under consideration.