SECURITY PATROLS
EXTENSION OF BRITISH COASTAL DEFENCES TO ENEMY'S VERY DOORSTEP. CHALLENGE TO GERMAN FIGHTERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, December 13. While the German Press claims i;hat the British security patrols in Heligoland Bay were an effort to catch the Bremen, they are really an extension of Britain’s coastal defences to the enemy’s very doorstep. The R.A.F. uses formidable bombers so heavily armed that they can meet any challenge from German fighters. The patrol’s "beat” extends 120 miles past Germany’s mine-laying air bases and covers the approaches to Hamburg, Bremen and Kiel. It is understood that the patrols began a week ago. and are maintained all night long and at other periods which are favourable to mine-laying from the air.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 7
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120SECURITY PATROLS Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 December 1939, Page 7
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