BALLOON BARRAGE
PROVING ITS WORTH FEARED BY GERMANS (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 6 The Times says the balloon barrage is proving its worth in preventing German dive-bombing, while the combination of balloons and anti-air-craft fire has never yet broken down. The frequency of the atempts by German fighters to shoot them down proves the German respect both for the balloons and their personnel, which have been doubled since the outbreak of the war.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21212, 7 September 1940, Page 9
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77BALLOON BARRAGE Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21212, 7 September 1940, Page 9
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