THRILLING AIR BATTLE
SALVOES OF BOMBS DROPPED GERMAN RAID ON DOVER HARBOUR TERRIFIC CONCUSSIONS PLANES BROUGHT DOWN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 30, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 29 It is officially revealed that Dover Harbour was attacked in a great air battle today. An eye-witness describing the battle, said each Gennan plane dropped a salvo, one big and four smaller bombs. The terrific concussions of the bombs shook houses along the seafront and shattered windows everywhere. Water-spouts one hundred feet high showered spray over ships which bobbed like corks. The anti-aircraft gunfire was so intense that the last wave of bombers was forced to break off their dives and fly back out of range. Another source estimates that 100 planes, including between 50 and 60 dive-bombers, participated in the attack. In addition to successes by one squadron of Spitfires and one squadron of Hurricanes, five Royal Air Force pilots reported that German planes fell in the sea in flames after the attacks. The Air Ministry has now established that twenty enemy aircraft were brought down today.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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178THRILLING AIR BATTLE Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 5
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