LONDON ALARMS
RAIDERS KEPT AWAY.
NEW ENEMY BOMBER
(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 11 a.m.) LONDON, Sep. 23 There were three ale’rt signals during the day- The first occurred in the morning, when the 200 raiders attempted to reach the city, but only got to the eastern outskirts. A lone raider caused the second alarm.
A new gigantic four-engined German bomber and three formations* of nine bombers each crossed the Kent coast this flying at a terrific height and 'out-ranging the anti-aircraft defences. Spitfires and Hurricanes broke up the formations. The giant was last seen speeding towards the Channel hotly pursued. A raider dropped twelve highexplosive bombs on Eastbourne’s working class district. There were no deaths . . .
The Ministry of Home Security is manufacturing millions of earplugs for distribution to local authorities, who are arranging their general issue, similarly to gas masks. In a communique on to-day’s air attacks on Britain the Air Ministry states that eleven enemy aircraft are known to have been destroyed. Eleven R.A.F. fighters were lost, but the pilots of seven ase safe.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 7
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