DOMINION FLIERS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 5

DOMINION FLIERS

INCREASING NUMBERS NEW ZEALANDERS’ PART ARRIVAL IN BRITAIN (Omclal Wireless) (Received Nov. 26, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 25 The first contingent of airmen trained in Canada under the Empire air training scheme arrived at a port in the north-west of England during the week-end. The entire contingent, comprising pilot, officers and sergeants, are air observers. They will shortly be posted for active service with the Royal Air Force. All are Canadians, but under the scheme a larger number of Australians and New Zealanders, as well as men from the United Kingdom, are undergoing advanced training in Canada as pilots, wireless operators and air gunners, as well as air observers. Other pilots and air crews are being wholly trained in Australia and New Zealand. Some of these have already arrived in this country and others will go direct to air force bases overseas. From now onwards pilots, observers and air gunners, trained in different parts of the British Commonwealth overseas, will be arriving in this country at frequent intervals, and in eveivincreasing numbers. PLANES DESTROYED GERMANY’S HEAVY LOSS (United Prose «sn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Nov. 24 . Aeroplane losses during the war have been:— British 1668 German 5089 Italian 33S Greek IX / SHOT DOWN IN SEA FATE OF GERMAN RAIDER MORE RAIDS ON BRITAIN SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED (Omclal Wireless) (Received: Nov. 26, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Nov. 25 Since dawn several enemy bombers, operating singly or in small formations, have crossed the southeast and south coasts, states a communique, and one small formation reached the outskirts of the London area. A town on the coast of Kent was attacked shortly before noon. Several houses were damaged but the casualties were very small. Bombs were also dropped on a town on the south coast and at two other points in south-east England. Slight damage was done but there were no casualties. A Dornier was shot down in the sea off Dover this morning. A Spitfire pilot flying at 5000 ft. first saw the raider, 7000 ft. above him. He climbed to attack and fired, two short bursts, and, climbing again, dived out of the sun. Pieces fell from the Dornier, which was last seen heading slowly for France and losing height. Raiders Shot Down A third enemy bomber that was raiding Britain was destroyed last night, in addition to the two previously reported brought down. The total night raiders brought down so far this month up to dawn on November 25 was 28, two more than in the whole of October and three more than in the whole of September. The results so far this month compared with September and October are even more favourable than the figures suggest, for the number of raiders sent over during the darkness in the last three weeks has seldom equalled the strength of the attacks in the two preceding months.