GERMAN LOSSES FOR WEEK
(Received September 15, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 15.
The week’s blitz-bombing cost the Germans to midnight Friday, 263 planes, many of which were bombers with multiple crews. Britain lost 62 defending fighters, but many pilots and gunners were saved. Even including British raiders lost over Germany and German occupied territories, British losses have been only 92 for the week. The Germans since the war began have lost 4105 planes, the British 1244 and the Italians 186. To these Air Ministry figures, covering only definitely destroyed planes, must be added the Admiralty announcement of the destruction of at least 153 German and Italian planes.
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Southland Times, Issue 24232, 16 September 1940, Page 6
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