NAZI AIR TACTICS

Evening Star, Issue 23691, 26 September 1940, Page 10

NAZI AIR TACTICS

ATTACKS FROM GREAT HEIGHTS R.A.F/S COUNTER (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 24. The Gorman tactics in the groat air battle in which the whole might of the Luftwaffe lias been thrown against the British lighter force are designed with the object of providing compensations for their relatively inferior fighter equipment. For this reason the Nazi mass formations—chiefly fighters, probably accompanied by a few bombers—approach England at a great height in the hope that contact with R.A.F. fighters will be made when the British machines are at a lower level and therefore at a disadvantage. That technique has been adequately dealt with by the British Fighter Command, as shown by the great reduction of German day bombing activity during the past few days. Climbing inland towards the Thames, the British fighters attain the requisite height and turn back to bring the enemy into action. The result of these tactics is that many air battles take place over Kent, and some of the more forward aerodromes are not used, as it would be impossible for aircraft starting from them to reach the height, which is frequently as great as 130,000 feet, at which the enemy come in. These forward aerodromes have not, however, been in any way given up. Fighter aerodromes which have been attacked by the enemy are in full use. Neither the strength nor the fighting efficiency of the British fighter is any less since the Nazi attacks opened on August 8, and the R.A.F. awaits the result of the battle with full confidence, SPLENDID WORK CIVIL DEFENCE SERVICES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 24. The practical experience of the past few weeks has demonstrated the soundness of the organisation and the excellent spirit of the civil defence services. According to a report by the London County Council Civil Defence Committee the greatest demands have been made on the London fire service. Regular and auxiliary services alike worked with the utmost energy, whatever the risk. The London ambulance service, including the auxiliary service, transported many air raid casualties to hospital, and despite the blackout the average time taken to reach a casualty had been only seven minutes from the receipt of a call.