HEAVY NAZI LOSSES.
LONDON, Sept. 26. In raids on Britain to-day the Germans lost 31 planes, including 15 bombers. We lost eight machines, but the pilots of three are safe. The Germans to-night dropped more incendiary bombs, and two old-estab-lished shops suffered damage. A northwest town had its heaviest raid of the war, and in a south-east town damage was also caused. General Sikorski, the leader of the Poles in Britain, in an address tonight, stated that the Germans had so far lost 4581 planes aiid more than 15,000 airmen. The following table shows the British and German air losses over Britain since the intensification of the air war on August 8: — AUGUST TOTAL. Germans 1073 British 279 Jt.A.F.
Germans British Pilots Safe Sept. 1 .. 25 J 15 9 Sept. 2 .. 55 20 12 Sept, a .. 25 15 8 Sept. 4 .. 54 1,7 12 „ Sept. 5 .. 39 20 9 Sept. 6 .. 4G 19 12 Sept. 7 .. 103 22 9 Sept. 8 11 3 13 1 Sept. 9 .. 52 6 Sept. 10 2 0 0 Sept. 11 .. 89 24 7 Sept. 12 3 0 0 Sept. 10 2 0 0 Sept. 14 IS 9 6 14 Sept. 15 Sept. 16 .. 185 25 7 0 0 Sept. 17 .. 12 3 2 Sept. 18 .. 48 12 9 i; Sept. 19 . Sept. 20 . 3 . 12 4 4 0 0 Sept. 21 . 2 Sept. 22 . 1 0 0 Sept. 23 . Sept. 24 .. '. 11 8 11 4 7 2 Sept. 25 .. . 26 4 3 3 Sept. 26 .. . 31 8 *Not cabled.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 257, 27 September 1940, Page 7
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