Measures taken by Great Britain to protect aircraft against surprise attacks have influenced the. entire future development of the Anglo-German battle for air supremacy, declares the newspaper Red Star," organ of the Soviet army, Air supremacy at the moment is shown from present action to belong to neither side, the "Red Star" observes adding both are most active, "The R.A.F. has not been knocked out and has even extended the feld of operations, dealing effective blows in the channel and even raiding Germany as far as Beri The "Red Star" comments on the lack of concentrated German bombing of aviation plants of which it estimates there are at least 100 in he aviation industry im on the whole, is continuing Canterbury Cathedral. world-famous for its historic associations and architectural beauty, had a narrow escape in an air-raid early last night, A motion of. Messerschmitt fighter-bombers, diving out of clouds, dropped 20 high-explosive and incendiary bombs on Canterbury and three of missiles fell in the precincts of the cathedral.
Some damage s done to tle Deanery and in the precincts but the Cathedral itself, where panes of d last eek, suffered no harm One bomb landed in the fro garden of ihe Deanery, but Dean Hewlett Johnson and members of his stof, who were sheltering in the vaulléd passages, escaped. injury.
About a dozen private houses wi rocket in Canterbury. Most of bombs, however, fell in open spaces and only one rir, a member of the Home Guard, was killed. 3
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