The raid on Croydon aerodrome was seen by people living for miles around, A woman living in a nearby istrict saw about 30 planes, British and German, in the alr at the same time. Passengers on top of a bus hada grandstand view of the air "As we were going along," writes Reuter reporter who was in the bus, "we saw two or- three dozen planes hish up. Suddenly we heard the rattle of machinegun guns and the thunder of anti-aircraft fre.
Three German machines appeared be shot down, A group of soldiers cheered each time a raider crashed."
During the night and today, enemy air activity sprend over a wide ares} bombers, of 2 force of 20 machines, were brought down by British fighters on land and, sea as they made off for the Chan-
A man who lives near the acrodrome was watching the manceuvres cof nine planes, cireling high above the airport when "from nowhere a swarm of machines hustled out. of the sky. There was a terrific melee, followed by a hot anti-aircraft barrage. After remaining over the spot only a minute or two, the German
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