AIR RAIDERS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1940, Page 6

AIR RAIDERS

ON OUTSKIRTS OF LONDON AREA GUNFIRE HEARD IN CITY. MORE BRITISH FLIGHTS OVER GERMANY. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day. 11.45 a.m.) LONDON. January 12. The Air Ministry announces that shortly after 11 a.m. an enemy plane crossed the East Coast. It was later observed over the Thames Estuary, when anti-aircraft guns opened fire and fighter patrols . sent up drove the enemy seawards.

During the morning people in Central London could hear gunfire. An enemy plane is reported to have reached the outskirts of the London area, despite a constant barrage of anti-aircraft fire. The plane is believed to have been hit.

East Coast anti-aircraft guns again opened up early this evening, when a plane was sighted. Today's raiders came closer than yesterday's. Gun flashes were clearly visible. The Royal Air Force carried out an extensive reconnaissance over Germany and even returned to the scene of the recent fierce battle over the naval bases near the Danish frontier. GERMAN ACCOUNT DESTRUCTION OF SHIPS. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) BERLIN,. January 12. The High Command states that the Air Force continued its reconnaissance of the English and Scottish east coasts and the Shetland Isles and sank three British patrol boats and one armed merchantman off the Scottish coast and shot down one enemy plane during an air fight. British planes attacked an air base on one German island without causing damage.