SIXTY ENEMY PLANES SHOT DOWN
During Sunday Raids on Ports and Shipping GROUND BATTERIES ACCOUNT FOR FIVE TWENTY-SIX BRITISH MACHINES LOST (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 1.5 p.m.) RUGBY", August 11. An Air Ministry communique issued at 11.30 p.m. on Sunday states: “In addition to raids against the South Coast, enemy aircraft raided shipping off the East Coast today. Reports till 9 p.m, show that sixty enemy aircraft were shot down, five of them as a result of anti-aircraft fire. Twenty-six of our fighters were lost in the day’s actions, but the pilots of two are safe.’’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1940, Page 6
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