Britain's outnumbered Royal Air Force last night claimed its biggest victory of the war over London ing, alr battles that knocked at Toast 185 German' planes out of the skies and sent blazing Nazi planes and pilots plunging into the streets in the heart of the world's greatest metropolis, German pilots pleaded, "Kamerad" as they fell In London's bomb torn streets and were surrounded by angry crowds, They were taken prisoner by British police and soldiers.
The RAP, bug for the day was the second! largest of the entire war, The RAR, it was recalled, German planes shot August 15.
The RAF. losses were only 30 planes, according. to an oMelal one hhouneement, which pointed out about 4.6 19 2 superiority in favour of the RA, Twenty British pilots were man Air Force yesterday by the! RAP. was the heaviest It has yet suffered. The German loss was tha heaviest for any one day since the battle of Britain began. The previous! high total for a single day was 181 on Aug. 15. Air-attacks on Britain have proved extremely expensive and with each new assault have demonstrated! the superiority of the RAF. and the! rapidly growing eMeacy of ground de-
Since the beginning of the w: 2170 enemy aeroplanes have been destroyed and In. the same period 55% British ajreratt have been lost over Britain, it is announced, but th pilots of 289 of the latter have bee Antwerp Left in Flames By Massed Raid London, Sept. 16, The big Belgian port of Antwerp was left a mass of flames and wreckage early terday after an attack by waves Palace Again Bombed of British bombers, which While the Germans were again bombing Buckingham Palace, where they damaged Queen Etizabeih's pri-vote apartments and sot fire to the palace grounds, Nazi planes fell around Victoria' station, within sight of the palace, in Kennington, across the Thames, and in Streatham.
The giant air battles which gave the RAP. a heartening victory ye: terday extended with almost broken fury from London eastward along the Thames. to "Hell's Corner" and the English Channel coast Two heavy bombs and sixteen incondiavy bombs crashed into Bucking. ham Palace, resulting in fires which were quickly extinguished.—Neither the heavy bombs exploded and were being examined last night for Witheses said the plane bombed Buckingham Palace was "shot to pieces" in mid-air a few minutes afler dropping its bombs. One of the German plane's crew. plummeted death on a nearby roof when his parachute failed to open,
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