London, Aug. 22.
Newspapers today gave great prominence to a photograph of a 20- aere dump of wrecked Nazi aeroplanes which had been brought down by the Air Force over Britain and which will be used to male weapons for Britain, "Pires Hurricanes which shot dows a Nazi bomber celebrated their suc-fess by doing a "victory all" in the ain "There were @ number of cases of adi airmen baling out over towns.
"A. member "of the Home. Guard Leaving nome for Suly' saw a. Darathute level "with the' roof-tops, and Seized the German pilot s he landed.
"Three "German airmen descended near villages "Two surrendered farm workers andthe third {0 2 former's wile and, her U-year-old tony who had armed himself with his [brier's ries "The airman, who cried merey" was given tea. and had his wounds drested before. being handed Over to the authorities Reuter. dad Weather London, Aug. 22.
Adverse weather conditions kept both German and British sireraft in their hangars Tuesday night and terday with Germany's aerial Bit Krieg slowed almost to a halt.
Small groups of German aircraft or Jone German raiders attacked various points inthe British Isles, two of them ranging far inland, "A Tone. German bomber was beeved to have dropped an aerial tor-southeastern Eng eight working class cottages and partially wrecking. others. It was feared a umber of people lost their lives.
saw the bomber suddenly swoop from the elovds with its engines shut off," an eye witness said. "As it dived, T saw a huge black bomb shaped like 'a torpedo leave the plane. The explosion shook the town. Debris was hurled more than 100 feet nto the air."
The bomb blasted out a crater more than 30 feet in diameter.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Home Security, Sir John Anderson, speak-to Air Raid Precaution units and members of the ambulance service, expressed himself as satisfied with the work of the ALP. organization recent raids.
Altogether 1072 Nazi planes are! estimated to have been destroyed or near Britain since the war began fand nearly one thousand of these 998 to be exact—have been brought! down since the air war over Britain was intensified on June 18, Details of a combat between Hudson aircraft of the Coastal Command and seven enemy fighters was Ait Ministey announcement. The fight took place off Denmark and lasted 35 minutes.
The pilot of the Hudson skimmed the surface of the sea during most of the fight mancuvring his _alr-craft so" that all its guns were lit into action in turn as! Messerschmitts attacked him. Con Uinued bursts of fire were registered fon each German fighter and at least' one enemy plane was shot down into the sea.
'The Hudson was repeatedly hit machine-gun fire and cannon shells, two" members of the crew were' wounded and the hydraulic landing gear of the plane was jammed, but after flying 250 miles back to his base the pilot managed fo land his craft safely—Reuter, Canada to Send Two Divisions London, Aus. 22
Canada will shortly have two complete divisions and ancillary troops in Britain, according to the {atest official information from Ottawa, Two other divisions, now practically complete, will be trained and equi ped in Canada.
Two now destroyers are being built in Britain for the Canadian Navy, and three merchantmen are being' converted to armed cruisers.
Sir John said he had of the mest heavily bombed areas. A great strain had been imposed on Twenty-two schools are now operating under the Commonwealth air training plan. The strength of the Canadian "air force is mov 1,705, 2558 there would be a much greater strain before the war is tinklied. The or-
Sanization must be prepared for any~ thing, he declared—United Press. comprises 113 personnel of 9,000. Ta e100 vessels will be: jltalian Planes Raid Gibraltar by Moonlight Gibraltar, Aug, 22 For the first time in three weeks Mahan bombers raided Gibraltar Tuesday night and—_yeslerd morning.
After" a few days of reconnoitung. the Halians took advantage of the "bright moonlight Tuesday night and bombed the "Rock" twice. Shortly before midnight a plane, promptly spotted by British searehlight batteries, dropped a number of bombs in the sea. "The plane was immediately brought down by antiaircraft gunfire, however. After a number of somersaults in the sky. the stricken raider crashed in the sea off Europe Point. The beam from a searchlight guided the machine to the sea amidst a cheer fom the populace, The fate the Tlalian airmen. was not known.
Later, an Mahan plane glided In and dive bombed the rock, several bombs causing a fire which was quickly put under control, No ap= preciable damage was caused. casualties were reported—United Press.
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