776 NAZI AIRCRAFT

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21224, 21 September 1940, Page 9

776 NAZI AIRCRAFT

FIGURES FOR SEPTEMBER ONLY 217 BRITISH (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 21. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 20 The heavy German losses in airmen over and around Britain compared with the British losses during September are well illustrated by the fact that on Wednesday 48 enemy aircraft were destroyed, representing the loss of more than 100 German airmen, against three British pilots lost. The aggregate of the September losses to September 18 are 776 German aircraft, compared with 217 British machines with 116 Royal Air Force pilots safe, made up as follows: September 1, 25 Germans destroyed, fifteen British lost, nine Royal Air Force pilots safe; September 2, 55, 20, 12; September 3, 25, 15, 8; September 4, 54, 17, 12; September 5, 39, 20, 9; September 6, 46, 19, 12; September 7, 103, 22, 9; September 8, 11, 3,1; September 9, 52, 13, 6; September 10, 2,0, 0; September 11, 89, 24, 7; September 12, 3, 0,0; September 13, 2.0, 0; September 14, 18, 9,6; September 15, 185, 25, 14; September 16, 7,0, 0; September 17, 12, 3,2; September 18, 48, 12, 9. Crater in Cathedral Grounds A bomb which dropped in the grounds of the Westminster Roman Catholic Cathedral during the recent raids caused a big crater, but no damage to the cathedral buildings or the Archbishop’s house. The Japanese Embassy in London has been evacuated owing to the presence of a time bomb dropped during the raids.