'The RAP. scored another brilliant victory. in' an encounter between 30 Spitfires "and Turrieanes and 200 Messerschmilts and Dorniers in the south-west area in the evening.
fs stated at a coast town, which had a view of the fight, that anything up to 20 German phues were ac= counted for. Germans who had baled out were brought into the town from There was one fatal casualty when '80 German bombers rateled the southeast coast in the evening.
Thrilling duels between Messersch~ mitts attacking barrage balloons and Spitfire avengers occurred on the south coast.
In describing the battles, Reuter's correspondent there says "that. the first Nazi to attack a barrage balloon, dived 30 low that the crosses on its wings were clearly visible from the ground 98 he blazed away with all Huns. The balloon caught fre" and fell, but as the raider Was climbing back into the sky an antieaireraft kun scored a direct hit on the plane, Which crashed in. lames in the sea Wile. watchers "cheered themselves hoarse.
This was one of many similar in-cedents repeated throughout the day.
Twenty bombers which attacked 24 south-eastern town narrowly missed yas works but hit some houses. Mingled with the crash of bombs was heard the rattle of machinegun fire, while columns of smoke drifted over oot Of houses.
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