WRECKS OF PLANES
ALONG BRITISH COAST MANY FAMILIES HOMELESS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 2, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 1 The German daylight raids slackened off earlier than usual. Spirals of black smoke curling up from wrecked German planes along the coast told of the Royal Air Force •fighters’ success after lunch, when formations consisting of 80 planes each came in a procession over the Channel.
A huge four-engined giant led one formation, but the raiders baulked at the wall of anti-aircraft fire.
During a large-scale attack on a Thames Estuary town four planes broke away from their companions, dived under the anti-aircraft barrage, and released bombs from a low altitude.
Most of them were dropped across the heart of the town and caused considerable damage, rendering many families homeless. Some raiders which were turned back from London jettisoned their bombs over a Kent town.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 8
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147WRECKS OF PLANES Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 8
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