The German ai force los 4 bombers by moonlight on Wednesday night to achieve "extensive" damage in several east and west coast arcas of Britein. According to Berlin, some six ports were ra RAF. night it learned, accounted for 20 raiders— three over northern France. It was their most successful ght of the war. Three more fell te nti-aircraft gunners snd one fouled the balloon barrage The Air Ministry. in giving these figures la night added enemy ft were some of destroyed. No figure these aircraft in accord-nce with the usual practice of the Ministry to make no claim unless lion of the enemy aircraft The Air Min ry then gives the ovised monthly total of enemy aircraft destroyed at, night during 1941, together with the highest figures attained in any one night. Thus the January total is 15 (five on January for February 15. (three on for March 47 (13 on March 13), April 90 (13 on April 9, for May, (24 on May 7).
These figures include successes in offensive operations over enemy aerodromes, The Air Ministry statenent shows clearly the high cost Germany is g in continuing her blitz raiding, both in planes and It not be ever, that even last "bag," achieved four before the full moon, repr even yet ten per cent. of the raiding for Pilots new to night fighting contributed to the night's success.
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