ENEMY OVER ENGLAND
AIRCRAFT MISTAKEN WISTI TO KNOW TRUTH PLEA PY LONDON PRESS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sent. 8, 9 a.m.) London; sept. 7.
It is officially stated that contact was not made with enemy reconnaissance planes on the east coast of England yesterday morning. The enemy machines turned back. Some of the British aircraft returning were mistaken for enemy, causing the coastal batteries to open tire, accounting for the rumours of a heavy aerial engagement. The newspapers generally severely criticise the Ministry of Information for its failure to issue prompt and adequate accounts of the air raid yesterday. The Daily Herald says that the mention of the number of planes, where they struck and how they were fumed back would offer to the enemy no information they had not already got. The Daily Mirror asks that rumours be killed with news. “Tell us the truth,” the paper says. The News Cnronicle issues a warning against delays in publishing facts. -‘lt is bad for the morale of the country ns anyone who listened to bus and train conversations yesterday must know,” adds the Daily Mirror.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20037, 8 September 1939, Page 4
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