Bombers Shatter Industrial Areas London, Aug. 12.
Royal Air Force delivered a smashing blow against German industrial and military bases before dawn yesterday, and later shot down at least 65 German planes over the British Isles in beating off the most powerful German air assault since the outbreak of the European War.
The Air Ministry last night confirmed that at least sixty German planes had been accounted fo adding that known British losses were 24 planes, These losses were the greatest of any day since aerial warfare began ray ing over the British Isles, An estimated ninety planes fell as some 400 German dive bombers and fighters swarmed over the English coast like swarms of great birds.
'The Germans succeeded in driving through the British balloon' barrages and anti-aircraft defences to unload hundreds of bombs on strategic British bases throughout the day.
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