CONTINUOUS RAIDS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1940, Page 5

CONTINUOUS RAIDS

MADE BY THE GERMANS ON ENGLAND HEINKEL SHOT DOWN. MOUNTING TOTAL OF ENEMY LOSSES. German bombers continue their daylight raids on Britain, a Daventry broadcast reports. A Heinkel was shot down off the coast yesterday morning. Last evening enemy aircraft were seen near the northeast coast. British fighters chased them out to sea. No bombs were dropped. Earlier in the day, it was reported that bombs were dropped over Wales and south-west England. No serious damage or casualties were reported. Eleven civilians were killed in a raid on Portland, in which one German plane was destroyed and probably a second. Since June 18, 32 German bombers and one fighter have been destroyed in raids on Britain and many other- enemy machines seriously damaged. Since the war began 107 German planes have been shot down over Britain or near the coast. DAMAGE IN FIELDS HAYSTACKS SET ON FIRE. (Received This Day, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, July 5. Raiders over south-east England this morning dropped a number of incendiary bombs, which set fire to hay stacks in cornfields, which were badly damaged. CIVILIAN DEATHS ENEMY LOSSES OF PLANES. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON; July 5. It is disclosed that 11 civilians were killed in the air raid of Thursday. Thirty-two enemy planes have been shot down over or around the British coasts since June 18 and many others seriously damaged. A balloon barrage brought down two. The total shot down since rhe outbreak of war is 107.