INTENSE ACTIVITY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 April 1940, Page 6

INTENSE ACTIVITY

ALLIED AND ENEMV PLANES CONSTANT RELAYS FROM BOTH SIDES. FEVERISH AIR BATTLES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Dav. 11.15 a.m.) PARIS. April 2. Relay after relay of reconnaissance planes is sweeping over the front lines from both sides. Rival patrols frequently met. leading to feverish air battles, the outcome of which is not yet known. British planes reconnoitred NorthWest Germany and the French made numerous reconnaissance flights into the interior of Germany, including a number of daylight flights. The Germans crossed in groups of five, six. eight and ten planes, under the protection of various numbers of fighters.

ENEMY CLAIMS DENIED ALLEGED DESTRUCTION OR ALLIED PLANES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 11.5 a.m.) LONDON. April 2. British and French official circles deny German claims that they shot down four Allied planes as cabled. TEN MESSERSCHMITTS DESTROYED BY R.A.F. WITHIN A WEEK. POSSIBLY THREE OTHERS. • Received This Day. 1.10 p.rn.) PARIS. April 2. Within a week the Royal. Air Force has brought down ten Messerschmitts. The destruction of nt least throe other planes is considered possible. NEW NAZI BOMBER FAST AND FORMIDABLE MACHINE.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Dav, 11.15 a.m.) BERLIN. April 2. The Press publishes details of a new Messerschmitt bomber, the "Jaguar.” which is claimed to be able to attack anywhere in Britain. The plane has two engines totalling throe thousand horse power and carries a crew of four. It is armed with heavy and fight machine-guns. FORCED DOWN FRENCH PLANE LANDS IN LUXEMBOURG. MEMBERS OF CREW INTERNED. (Received This Day, 1.1(1 pm) LUXEMBOURG, April 2. A French bomber made a forced landing near Ettelbruch and caught fire. One member of the crew, who was injured, was taken to hospital. Four others were interned.