BERLIN ALARMS
FEARS OF AIR RAID EXPLOSIONS HEARD DENIAL IN LONDON HINTED R.A.F. WORK (Reed. Oct. 16. 12 noon) • LONDON, Oct. 15. Messages from Berlin state that gunfire and bomb-like explosions to the north-west of the city broke out at 9.30 p.m., lasting for 10 minutes, and at 10.45 p.m. for 15 minutes. Searchlights raked the sky and the radio went off the air but the sirens were silent. It wa s announced officially at 1.25 a.m. that an unknown plane flew over, so high that it could only be detected by the noise of tjie engines. It is authoritatively reported in London that the Royal Air Force was not involved in any raids over Berlin although Berlin correspondents of Danish newspapers declare that a number of British planes flew over the capital for .two hours on Saturday evening, flying at a great height, from the direction of the military camp at Dobritz, on the north-eastern outskirts of Berlin. The Air Ministry announces: "Reports originating from Berlin that British aircraft flew over the city on Saturday night are without foundation. No British aircraft was in the neighbourhood of Berlin that night."
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 8
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191BERLIN ALARMS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20069, 16 October 1939, Page 8
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