British fighters attacked the ralders from above, and one German, machine broke away from the forma-tien and way seen to dive headlong into the sea. RAF. fighters drove off the other German planes, A balance sheet of the first month of real test of the rival alr strength of Britain and Germany shows that the RAF. more than held ity own against "Marshal Goering's boasted Lattwafte (German alr' force).
Figures of confirmed plane losses compiled from the British record from June 18 to July 17 are; Nai RAR, Bombers 92 Air Force Air For
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The RAF. total includes 13 bomb-cers lost in action in the German-controlled part of France after the Franco-German Armistice, nine in Scandinavia, and three during the fast attack on the German warship) Scharnhorst, but it does not include ten other fighters lost on patrol or reconnaissance, anda handful fighters on offensive patrol across the Channel.
'These additional tosses, however, are insignificant compared with the number of Nazi planes so crippled that their return' is doubtful, and fighters sent down during British concentrated raids on Germany.
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