The fiercest air battle ever fought over this area was seen here yesterday as a strong formation of at least 100 German bombers clashed with British pursuit planes.
The German raiders, appearing overhead five minutes after the air A few minutes later, however swarms of RAF. fighter planes swooped down on the German formation, scattering them and engaging them in spectacular air battles i. the clouds.
Frequently the German and British planes could be seen screaming down through the heavy cloud layer or wildly zooming up again with all machine-guns firing. Three German planes spun shrieking to the earth, so busy fighting off British pursuit planes that they did not have time to unload their bombs.
One German pilot landed unhurt by parachute near here. The noi the air battle did not sul half hour.—United Press.
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